Jeff Denham

This bill, 1688, is aimed at improving access to primary eye care in the VA by making a modest increase in the number of optometry residency positions in the VA.

I would like to thank Chairman Denham and Ranking Member Capuano for the opportunity to testify and share our experience.

I pressed FRA on: If Positive Train Control is such a big priority, why are you not using California high-speed rail dollars to upgrade not only the corridor, but those connecting routes in California?

But you have done that a couple of times already.

I say that because we have our own differences of opinion in the House and the Senate as to whether we should be putting funds up or not.

Positive Train Control is one of the most ambitious, complex, and costly safety enhancements the railroad industry has ever undertaken.

We want to have the safety improvements there. Here is a good funding source to do that.

Thank you, Mr. Orseno.

We need to correct an injustice, and this is one bill to be able to do that.

Your leadership on this issue has helped us not only in decreasing our national debt, but also in getting rid of some of the Government inefficiency.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. ___. None of the funds made available by this…

I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. LaMalfa). Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Chair, I thank my colleague, Mr. Denham, for his hard work on curtailing this waste of taxpayer money. Here are just a few of the headlines currently…

Once again, I am here one more year, offering another amendment to end this incredible waste of taxpayer dollars. I have been clear about my position on high-speed rail. High-speed rail has a future in the United States. It just can't be…

As you have heard, this project is $70 billion over budget. It has a shortfall of $87 billion. If my colleagues in California, if the minority party of this body would like to continue on with this project, then where is the $87 billion? I…

How much time do I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California has 2 minutes remaining.

This amendment will help protect native salmon and steelhead species in California. My amendment would increase the effectiveness of recovery plans for species of salmon and steelhead listed under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 by…

I would just like to point out one thing. Turlock Irrigation District, which is in my district, was forced to do a federally ordered study which actually showed, on the lower Tuolumne, 42,000 snook were killed by nonnative fish. This…

Today, I rise to acknowledge and honor the life of a personal friend and Gold Star Father Brent Winn Layton. The beloved father, son, brother, and uncle died unexpectedly at the age of 47 on Saturday, May 23, 2015, in Longmont, Colorado…

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…

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.

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.

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

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.