David Valadao

The permitting reform and the ability to get projects moving has been a huge problem.

I look forward to having your support as we try to move some common sense reforms through Congress.

I am just curious what steps HUD is taking to support California residents affected by the recent historic flooding?

I mean, a lot of those bonuses I assume come from the private sector, and I assume the FAA is going to play a role in approving those licenses.

Safety will be among our top priorities, if not the top priority, as we carefully consider how to allocate resources.

I look forward to hearing about the work priorities, Department of Housing and Urban Development fiscal year 2024, and how we can work together to ensure the agency runs well.

We are eager to hear your testimony today on how you will utilize the resources at the Department to foster a safer transportation system.

What is the FAA doing to ensure that these things don't happen in the future and keep people safe?

I appreciate that. And I understand the importance of safety, because as my colleague from Florida mentioned, some of the near--I think he used the inappropriate term, but 'near hits' is something that we should obviously be concerned…

Many cities and counties in my district... struggle to get the resources together to apply for some of these grants.

That is one of the things I felt was pretty frustrating over the past few years from the groups that I have talked to, like self-help enterprises, I think there is, like, 2,000 homes or communities around the valley who have had to rely on…

we had farmers literally waiting on commodities moving across the country.

Excessive government spending is not the right approach to deal with this problem.

I want to talk about two issues that really hit close to home for my constituents--first, energy prices, and second, water.

The President's budget cuts Homeland Security by $600 million. So here we are in this unprecedented border crisis.

We are actually seeing a decrease in production in Central Valley.

I think these energy policies are misguided, and the fact that Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company had a $161 billion in profit on record, I think I would be looking more at that and how do we drive those revenues back to the U.S. for…

I want to know what you found was lacking in the Trump rule on Waters of the United States that you had to correct.

What policies in the President's budget will encourage oil and gas exploration and spur investment, and increase supply?

If you take away those tax credits, you are going to have the opposite effect of what you are going to do for housing.

one of the reasons why I was very much in opposition to it was because it specifically was drafted in a way that would prevent one of our most affordable projects from being expanded, which is Shasta Reservoir

My people in Texas, and I am certain because of the pervasive effects of the open border on all States, I suspect people across the country find that not just hard to believe, but insulting to say the border is secure.

Those kind of programs don't make sense, and I don't care how much you say it, it is a disincentive to work.

I just don't understand how this administration can lessen work requirements for people to receive Federal benefits.

This doesn't seem to be, like, that big of a problem to try and solve.