Jackie Speier

I have introduced this legislation every Congress since the 111th Congress in 2010, and the need for action to protect the Bay has been increasing ever since.

Over the last 200 years, an alarming 90% of the Bay's wetlands have been destroyed by human activity.

Her bill would authorize up to $25 million each year for five years to the EPA to award grants to Bay conservation and restoration projects.

That is why the legislation introduced by Congresswoman Jackie Speier, H.R. 1132, the San Francisco Bay Restoration Act, is so timely and important.

So FEMA has kind of failed. Has it not?

Representative Jackie Speier in support of the San Francisco Bay Restoration Act.

We must protect the San Francisco Bay, and it is obvious that we cannot do so without steady and robust federal funding.

HR 1132 recognizes the success of the EPA's National Estuary Program model and the need to add additional federal funds ($25 million a year) to implement the CCMP for San Francisco Bay.

The degradation of San Francisco Bay would be an enormous loss for the residents of the Bay Area and our Nation.

I thank the gentlewoman and leader of our Appropriations Committee for her support, and I am grateful beyond words. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 414, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $40,000,000) (reduced by $40,000,000)''…

I rise with great enthusiasm this morning to support an amendment that would designate $40 million from the assistance for Europe and Eurasia fund to Armenian democracy assistance. This amendment is cosponsored by the other Democratic…

I thank the gentlewoman from New York for yielding. I rise to engage in a colloquy with the chairwoman of the State- Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee. I rise today to discuss the immense value to the American taxpayer and…

I hope that today's hearing will bring renewed attention to the problem of military suicide.

Not one of them was going to be able to leave the program and go to a home. They were all homeless when they were going to leave the facility.

We must do everything we can to break the chain of suicide that has afflicted our military and veteran community.

I am concerned that the high rate of suicide among service members and veterans will soon become a fact of life and that we are beginning to accept it as a natural consequence of military service.

So I think we need granular data from each of you if you don't have it.

Let me just say how impressed I am that you have recognized the importance of the family in addition to the service member.

Chairwoman Speier--thank you for the question.

The lack of responsiveness by the housing management firms that we hire to accommodate... is very problematic.

I encourage you all to look at the Navy's program, because they have a lower--much lower rate of unintended pregnancies.

The conditions of lead, mold, asbestos that hasn't been addressed is a serious problem.

I also think you have a responsibility to our country.

We have a high percentage of unintended pregnancies in the military.