It needs to be resolved. It needs to be resolved immediately.

48 of the 50 Governors signed a letter in opposition.

climate change is a costly impact to our national security.

States put significant amounts of money into National Guard, whether it is tuition reimbursement, whether it is into, you know, equipment, land, and other things like that.

If we do not enact a supplemental, how will this impact the services' fiscal year 2024 base activities?

70 percent of Guard members wish to stay in the Guard.

I hope Congress has learned a hard lesson, that we should not hold the national debt limit hostage to arbitrary spending caps.

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I want to commend my good friend, Representative Van Orden. He and Representative Tiffany, we work closely on these issues.

It's not fair. That bridge over the Chippewa River in Glidden, when it needs to be fixed, it should be fixed because those people in small-town America deserve the respect and the appreciation of this town.