Every Member of this body recognizes the special obligation this House has to take care of our veterans. We also have an obligation to ensure that the funds we entrust to the Department of Veterans Affairs are actually properly spent. The…

This afternoon, I, once again, introduced the ENLIST Act. The ENLIST Act would give young adults who came here through no fault of their own, who have graduated from our high schools, who can pass a background check, who can speak English…

I would like to follow up with you on that because I have a specific concern, especially for French Camp, a new VA facility that we are looking at putting in in that very footprint.

Can you describe the role that the Corps played in the development of the new Executive Order 13690 regarding flood plains and the new flood risk management standard?

These actions call for all waters in the flood plain to be jurisdictional and allow Federal agencies to have varying interpretations of where the flood plain is, possibly far greater than a 100-year flood plain identified by FEMA.

We will be following up with questions in writing, and we will be holding another safety hearing later this year.

I, as well, would like to thank the panel. As you saw, we went over time today.

We are expecting 10 years is what the industry is saying it is going to take to upgrade these tank cars.

Four years is too long. We can't have any more excuses on these.

I have heard too many times from industry and safety advocates that the Department of Transportation needs to move more quickly to implement the safety provisions Congress has passed.

I have concerns about the administration's slow pace addressing the increased movement of crude-by-rail.

Safety is the highest priority of this committee, and it is the number-one job and the number-one task of the Department of Transportation.