Pete Aguilar

The bottom line is this is about accountability.

The committee is focused. We`re disciplined.

The American public can be sure that that`s the case.

I was pleased to see that the President's budget request emphasized how focusing on climate science and investing in resilient infrastructure will reduce risk from wildfires, floods, storms and other extreme weather events.

I would encourage... physical site reviews... can be a part of that.

No facility is off the table for review.

I raise this issue because we have heard reports of yet another U.S. citizen who was held in detention in Pennsylvania just this year.

I think that that is one way that we can deliver, you know, justice is to ensure that individuals, you know, receive their day in court for advocating for lawful asylum.

I appreciate your leadership in taking these roundtables.

It is important that all counties have access to consistent funding because they really bear the burden of the costs to implement elections.

I can tell all those individuals in Pennsylvania that you have amazing Representatives who work with Chairman Butterfield every day to make sure that we strengthen democracy and ensure that we are doing as much as we can to ensure and…

One important Federal program that helps individuals live in affordable housing and preserve their neighborhoods is NeighborWorks.

I was proud, Mr. Rutherford, to put forward a community project funding request on behalf of NPHS for their Sustainable Communities Catalyst Project.

And that will expand the opportunities for folks to be served?

I wanted to pick up on where my colleague Congresswoman Torres left off with respect to equity.

Senator Padilla and I introduced a bill to raise the funding cap to $25 million that can help programs that affect FAA and FTA as well.

The Redlands Passenger Rail Project in southern California will be one of the first zero-emissions self-powered passenger trains in North America.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure law is a generational investment in clean energy and green technology that will help us achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

I introduced a bill to address some of these same goals to create a funding stream for affordable housing properties that offer supportive services for their residents.

I appreciate your commitment to that.

I am a huge supporter of increasing the FHA loan limit as a pathway for homeownership for so many people in our communities.

It is crucial that any misinformation efforts be given not just in Spanish but in other languages where we have seen this activity.

Director, I wanted to focus on the election security efforts that you highlighted in your written testimony.

This was done for show, that this--folks down there know this, that there are many ways to help secure our borders and a physical structure is one component.

I feel compelled, Mr. Secretary, to also mention, I have heard some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, who I have a lot of respect for, not everybody who presents themselves in a processing center in the southern border is…