"While I did not agree with President George W. Bush's creation of the first-ever Marine National Monuments in the Pacific, the last administration was on steroids when it came to creating new land-based monuments, expanding marine monuments and creating the first monument in the Atlantic Ocean."
"The Federal Government's preferred sevenfold expansion plan--as proposed by the last administration--has been referred to a 'bait and switch' because it does not reflect the diverse stakeholder consen..."
"In my home state of Colorado, the Obama administration imposed a top-down, big-government National Monument land grab in the Browns Canyon in 2015."
"I am a strong supporter of the F-35 program. Fifth-generation capabilities are essential to our Nation's defense."
"We have two main challenges today, as I see it. First, how do we at least ensure that we take what is good in the report and make a reality."
"We like to use words like transformation and reform, but how willing are we really to challenge the status quo and consider bold reform."
"They don't believe that things have substantially changed for the better."
"The VHA's systematic problems demanded, quote, 'far reaching and complex changes that when taken together amount to no less than a system-wide reworking of VHA,' unquote."
"if we hold this opportunity hostage for perfection or total unanimity, we are never going to get anything done."
"the plea was: The process is broken, we are failing veterans, the time to fix it is now."
"I ask Members to support H.R. 5416, which would help the families of deceased veterans who received care through the Choice program."