John Garamendi

We need to deal with this. We are talking about a foreign cyberattack.

Mr. Kildee, thank you very, very much. ``I am afraid I won't be smart enough.'' I wonder if we should ask ourselves if we are smart enough. Are we smart enough? There are 435 of us facing a myriad of questions around this world and some of…

If I might interrupt you for a moment, this morning you spoke of a young child that was interviewed. Would you please share that?

Mr. Kildee, thank you so very much for the work that you are doing sounding the alarm and driving all of us. I know you did this morning in our Caucus. You alerted us to it. You motivated us. And, in fact, I am talking about it tonight…

Can the two of you, individually or together, develop such a checklist?

I think this is where the commercial shipbuilding best practices could help inform the OPC acquisition.

Well, let us not jump out of this for a few moments.

I am prepared to close. Mr. Speaker, to my colleague Mr. Hunter and those who have assisted in the drafting of the bill, particularly our staff, I want to thank you for making all of this possible. This bill, which does extend the…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 118, line 2, insert ``transportation,'' after ``distribution,''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House…

Sixty times we have gone through this, and still I am not sure we really recognize the long history of these treaties, compliance and noncompliance over a long, long period of time, dating back to Ronald Reagan and the question of…

Let me wrap up very quickly, then. This is about being fair in the practices of lending. I understand the auto dealers and the indirect lenders would rather not, but there is a history here, as has been stated in the debate, of where…

What is a sufficiently sized fleet?

I believe that, contrary to mischaracterizations prevalent in the media, that the United States Merchant Marine is an essential component of a vast network of logistics contractors that support our U.S. military and sustain and create…

If we care about America, and it is America's future, everywhere from manufacturing ships, and sailors, and everything in between, this is how we can do it.

I am perfectly willing to negotiate downward from 100 percent to 95 percent.

Why not build those ships in America, crew them, put them under American flag?

We are in the process of drafting legislation. We welcome any ideas that the panel has.

This is extremely useful testimony. I thank the gentlemen for all of the testimony.

I see a woman walking up a hill with a 50 kilo sack of grain on her back, and I see the hands clasped, a gift from the American people. She did not starve, nor did her family.

Does that also mean the mariners, as well as the ships?

I cannot sit here and tell you that we can meet the demand that might occur.

It means I am uncomfortable, yes.

I am insufficiently comfortable with the notion----

I would say it is high time.

Why hasn't it been completed, and where is it stuck?