Tom O'Halleran

Deploying energy efficiency technologies and supporting such programs is critical to conserving our precious energy resources.

The Navajo people already have waited decades for help in cleaning up this dangerous pollution and they deserve a resolution.

I strongly support the work that Army Corps does to project communities across our nation from catastrophic flooding.

Almost 80 years is way too long to have the Navajo Nation, the water resources of the Navajo Nation, and the Colorado River potentially impacted because of our negligence.

In this case I believe that waiting for that time is costing people's lives, and children's quality of life, and their potential for life, and death issues.

I want to see a permanent solution that is enforceable, robust, and has lasting protections for consumers and our small businesses.

Cutting-edge energy efficiency technologies of tomorrow are available today.

The effects of climate change are impacting rural America the hardest, especially in my State of Arizona.

I would like to commend each of the witnesses in our second panel today for contributing thoughtful insight into this important conversation about energy efficiency standards.

I believe we can all agree that meaningful efficiency standards are important not only for the marketplace, but for consumers and the environment as well.

We must take seriously our duty to closely examine how to ensure consumer privacy remains protected.

In 2000, the FTC recommended that Congress enact a consumer internet privacy legislation. That was 19 years ago.

I am all for a national policy, but it has to be balanced.

the American people, our citizens, have the right to freedom of speech. They don't have that right if we do not allow them to have free and open access to these systems.

In my district the American people have spoken loudly and passionately about net neutrality.

They have spoken out clearly and strong, supportive in free and open internet where winners and losers aren't predetermined.

proper financial oversight is long overdue at DOD.

it appears that the current Administration and two previous Administrations have all decided that the burden should fall mostly on local government and local organizations and not the Federal Government

The cut is 32 percent to the State Department. That includes the U.S. Agency for International Development and a cut of nearly half to development assistance.

reducing regional chaos in tandem with our interagency partners and international allies to help foster a coherent order requires adequate diplomatic resources.

Reasonable investments in our nuclear deterrent are essential, but I would caution that we should be wary of doing all of this at the expense of adequate maintenance for our existing nuclear labs and infrastructure.

Today, our nuclear weapons enterprise is at a crossroads as we begin to make the first major payouts on a nuclear recapitalization program that is expected to cost over $1 trillion over 30 years.

The Native American communities suffer from a much higher rate of food insecurity than the general population.

If we are going to try to save communities and create jobs, we need to have a working process, going forward.

I am very concerned about this farm bill as it relates to the ability of our farmers and growers to be able to compete against dumping and the other pricing mechanisms that other countries are using.