I would point out to all the committee that we have not yet completed the appropriation process for the current year, let alone for the coming year.

We particularly appreciate the efforts of Congressman John Garamendi, who has been a strong advocate in providing greater transparency for state intercity rail sponsors during the surface transportation reauthorization process.

The FY22 National Defense Authorization Act is a bipartisan project of enormous work both by members and staff. As always, I start by thanking Chairman Smith and Ranking Member Rogers and the House Committee on Armed Services' staff that…

The bill also takes important steps to improve the quality of family life dealing with housing and child development centers. Notably, $517 million in this bill for PFAS in an effort to increase transparency and provide information…

There appears to be a serious ongoing public health issue.

I want to give credit, actually, to Congressman Mike Rogers for his persistence and President Trump's vision to have a Space Force.

There are technologies available that are able to cleanse water.

I call this meeting, this hearing to order, the Readiness Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee.

The committee takes this issue extremely seriously, and we will be looking for short-term and long-term solutions.

There is going to be a lot of discussion about this problem. We have already spent several hours at it.

The Ocean Shipping Reform Act... provides a mechanism in which the Federal Maritime Commission can operate to create a fair playing field.

This bill would be the first major update to federal law on global shipping since 1998 and aims to address the unfair playing field in which ocean shippers have been forced to operate.