Just a few days before Christmas, on December 21, President Joe Biden issued a Presidential determination with little fanfare under the Defense Production Act of 1950. The Defense Production Act of 1950 is a Korean war-era law that allows…

the running costs when you consider the temporary lodging, and the transportation, and the leasing of all the filtering assemblies, and all the other things that we have had to do to clean up the well and the water distribution system…

the meter is going to be running for a while.

the urgency and the acceleration of efforts, which the Navy has done in December, is in my opinion a large part due to their advocacy on behalf of their constituents.

I am bringing up Red Hill today because the Navy is currently experiencing a crisis of astronomical proportions in Hawaii.

I just have a couple of quick questions.

this is a bill which, in my opinion, is just sort of updating the law and modernizing the law

Our military families, people are getting sick, animals are getting sick, and our military families need answers, and the island of Oahu needs answers.

And yet the Navy seems totally unprepared for this situation that has now impacted the military's own service members and families.

There is a sheen on this drinking water. This is taken out of somebody's kitchen, Navy family housing at Pearl Harbor.

But we don't shut down AmeriCorps in the meantime.

Thank you for holding this hearing which I think demonstrates the seriousness with which our Committee takes the issues that we're talking about here today.

Yesterday, November 15, at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, President Biden signed into law the bipartisan infrastructure bill, which, for a lot of us who have been serving around here, was an incredibly gratifying and important moment in…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you to all the witnesses for being here today to talk about this very critical issue.

this was really a readiness issue for the force.

we realize these shipyards, particularly, but the other depots are not needed, not optional, but they are necessary to support our forces in our maritime strategy going forward.

I just want to confirm that's something that's going to be implemented by the Department of Education in conjunction with DOD.

I think it's important to remember it had strong bipartisan support and was signed into law by George W. Bush.

I agree with your earlier testimony that Secretary Cardona's decision on October 6 to untangle the public service loan program is very significant and powerful decision that will help hundreds of thousands of student loan borrowers.

What are you going to do to stop the hemorrhaging of these service partners?

Again I've introduced a bill to actually track the Federal reserve benchmark, and allow people to refinance down.

This morning, I wanted to share with the Chamber the latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and the Department of Health and Human Services regarding infection rates and vaccination rates in the country. I am proud to say…

Over the last month, including yesterday's Senate hearing, we heard a lot of, in my opinion, over-the-top claims that the U.S. had lost all credibility with its allies in the wake of the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Last January, in one of his first executive orders, President Biden extended the student loan pause on monthly payments through the end of September. This order allowed all direct student loans issued by the Federal Government through the…

I have asked the administration to consider some permanent basing options for the Baltics because, ultimately, U.S. flag is probably the most important thing for deterrence.