I want to thank Senator Murray for emphasizing the quality of life issues, those are very important to her.

You have got to have the risk management in order to go forward

Well, that's important and we do need to help. Maybe we can help think outside the box.

Our legislation, the GUARD Act, which we introduced this year along with Senator Blumenthal would address this problem and reinstate the criminal penalties.

Currently there are no criminal penalties in place to prosecute individuals and organizations who charge improper fees for the preparation, presentation, or prosecution of VA benefits claims.

I want to thank Senator Murray for emphasizing the quality of life issues, those are very important to her.

it is great to be here with Senator Carper and Senator Capito--two dear friends but also two leaders in the recycling effort, not only recycling in general but the Recycling Caucus--to raise the visibility of the importance of recycling…

I look forward to working with you on the important issues within this portfolio.

Our legislation, the GUARD Act, which we introduced this year along with Senator Blumenthal would address this problem and reinstate the criminal penalties.

I think this has really been a very, very good session.

Well, that's important and we do need to help. Maybe we can help think outside the box.

Currently there are no criminal penalties in place to prosecute individuals and organizations who charge improper fees for the preparation, presentation, or prosecution of VA benefits claims.

I look forward to working with you on the important issues within this portfolio.

What we have got to do is figure out how we can capture those dollars.

What is the Department doing to ensure equal competition in the early MILCON process, particularly to ensure mass timber is considered?

I want to thank Senator Murray for emphasizing the quality of life issues, those are very important to her.

Yet, in 3 years since then-President Trump signed this legislation into law, DOI's backlog has ballooned by more than $14 billion to roughly $31 billion.

The way we push back against China and the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] is we produce our energy and minerals here. And we for sure don't let China come to America and own any kind of lease on federal lands--or private lands. We produce…