Tony Cárdenas

I just want to say it is wonderful to--I have been here 2 1/2 years, and this is probably the most bipartisan moment I have been working with my colleague, Republican Guthrie, on, and Sinema, and a few others.

Our imperfect democracy is beautiful and awesome, especially when we work in a bipartisan fashion.

So basically do you agree that if that is the legislative intent of Congress, then we should in fact put it in the bill?

In my 18 years of legislating I can agree that if we are not prescriptive as legislators and we write legislation, then we can't blame anybody for not following through with the intent if the intent is left out of the language.

Do you think the concrete masonry checkoff program could be better if this bill clearly specified the priorities of the program?

I just wanted to give a shout-out to the Antonini family, who it has been in their family for generations.

We are not talking about people who choose not to work, we are talking about people who are the working poor.

I prefer to call it a safety net, which is a good thing, because it brings dignity, and actually saves lives for many Americans.

When we talk about getting rid of Government, when we talk about Government being bad, this is a perfect example where... we need to have that balance.

I wouldn't want--ever want to see Hollywood play out in real life, where profits, or those motives, override the objective of making sure that we are as safe as possible.

I think we need do--to do a better job of protecting the American public, or helping you do your job of helping to protect the American public.

We are very spoiled in this country. We are still the economic juggernaut of the planet.

I would be remiss if I didn't take this opportunity to thank Intel.

I think you are absolutely right.

The United States should be looking at the same thing. We have decaying infrastructure.

Congress should encourage universities to integrate cybersecurity training into technical degrees so that the next generation of coders, engineers, build strong security into products at the outset.

Do you have a dollar value on the impact this proposed rule would have? Any kind of a guess?

This would force northeast storages, cattle ranchers to move their herds, chicken farmers to move their chicken houses, and average citizens to sell to the EPA for permission to build on their land.

If this rule is allowed to go into effect, basically dry ditches, rainwater runoffs, low lying areas, and seemingly any area that would hold water would be subject to EPA's jurisdiction.

Not just the production being done now, but in many of my areas, my farmers, my grandparents, who dairy farm, and I know there is an example just down the road from where I live, where a gentleman has 100 acres of land.

The biggest challenge.

The services are most effective with tribal children when those services are culturally appropriate.

many Americans judge people or what is going on in Indian Country unfairly because they don't understand that they are not--their jurisdiction and their requirements and their abilities are way, way different.

Tribes are inherently sovereign. This is a fact that was recognized by our founding fathers, and that is enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.

We are even reaching a point now we are talking to other tribes that have social work programs that have been successful.