"I give you my commitment that I will look into that as a deep-water port for the Arctic."
"It was the Republicans, I will remind you, that told the Democrats months ago that if you want to try to get your Ukraine funding, you're going to have to take up the border issue. This is what we ask..."
"Building military infrastructure in Alaska is a process fraught with hurdles, including cost, timing, and harsh environmental conditions."
"But it speaks to the need to increase maritime domain awareness."
"The way the list is stacked, as we all know, it puts the expansion of existing facilities--there are multiples ahead of any of the efforts to bring on a new facility."
"We can't think that this is about political advantage for one candidate or another."
"I appreciate that the VA has placed the Vet Cemetery there as a high priority among the projects to establish new cemeteries."
"I'm curious about where we are with the claims backlog and the claims inventory and the backlog because I'm told that following the PACT Act we've seen that increase dramatically."
"I'm certainly going to put my shoulder into it on the committee here to see if we can't get that number up."
"The sooner, the faster we can attend to this. I would just put that before you in terms of a prioritization."
"I truly appreciate your focus on supporting our servicemembers by advancing projects that improve their quality of life."