Jeff Denham

Vet Centers are a vital home front support system for our veterans and their families.

I think the military men and women that are leaving active-duty have a greater awareness that PTSD is real.

It's an honor for me to serve as your representative in Congress and I look forward to taking your comments back to Washington.

GSA can't keep sitting on prime real estate like this.

I have introduced the Civilian Property Realignment Act, to get agencies like GSA to get rid of unneeded and undeveloped properties.

we certainly want to work with you on that. But we certainly need to make sure we continue to take politics out of it, and focus on the policy of the issue.

Senate bill 1710 would designate the United States courthouse located at 222 West Seventh Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska, as the James M. Fitzgerald United States Courthouse. Just last week, the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public…

It is amazing the inconsistencies in the amendment itself. Here the gentlelady is talking about San Jose, yet San Jose is south of the area we're talking about, and yet Silicon Valley receives water exports from the delta. But let's take a…

In the opinion of the Department, is there a legal way for the Minnesota Chippewa Judgment Funds concerned in this bill to be distributed to the tribes or tribal members without an Act of Congress?

Thank you. I appreciate the opportunity to talk on this not only in support of the rule, but in support of the bill. This is something we went through in committee with very great debate, but it goes well beyond the debate of committee…

It is time that we come up with a solution that avoids further cost, that avoids further delay, that avoids us having to continue to cut jobs in the Central Valley and in California. It's time to come to an agreement that will actually…

A lot has been said about our area of the State, where you have 30 to 40 percent unemployment in some areas. It's not a Republican issue; it's not a Democrat issue. It is an American jobs issue--to put people back to work. Some people say…

You know, the last couple of amendments we've talked about the inconsistencies on how they affect other counties in the community. Certainly my county and Stanislaus County has been excluded, even though it certainly has impact in this…

Your testimony states that the Administration proposes to increase duck stamp fees to $25.

I am very concerned about what GSA is doing with the rest of its inventory.

We look forward to full cooperation to not only getting it out of the Senate, but actually getting this signed into law.

My concern here is one of the goals of the Civilian Property Realignment Act is actually space utilization.

My point will be, as I go through all of these, we have 14,000 properties, many of these high-value properties, which you and I have both agreed are not on this list, which is part of the reason we need a Civilian Property Realignment Act.

First of all, I don't agree that we should be building the new courthouse.

I believe that agencies have to live with less space.

Our goal in this committee is to reduce and live within our means on this.

The bottom line is the system is broken, and we need a new process to sell or redevelop these properties.

We don't want to have a fire sale, as you and I have often talked about, but we certainly want to get the best bang for our buck for the taxpayers.

That legislation will literally shrink the Federal footprint by selling or redeveloping high-value properties that are underused and burning a hole in the taxpayer's pocket.

First of all, the President's Commission, in his BRAC, includes VA properties. As well, former VA Secretary Anthony Principi testified in front of our committee that we ought to be looking at all properties, including VA. If we're going to…