"It is so important that we provide more federal funding to protect and restore the Bay."
"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."
"We must protect the San Francisco Bay, and it is obvious that we cannot do so without steady and robust federal funding."
"That is why the legislation introduced by Congresswoman Jackie Speier, H.R. 1132, the San Francisco Bay Restoration Act, is so timely and important."
"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."
"Representative Jackie Speier in support of the San Francisco Bay Restoration Act."
"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."
"We must do everything we can to break the chain of suicide that has afflicted our military and veteran community."
"I hope that today's hearing will bring renewed attention to the problem of military suicide."