I want to thank again Congressman LaLota. We have worked together on this bill, and it is very bipartisan, two states, bicameral.

But with Rosa's help, particularly, we have really gotten serious about efforts to clean up the Sound.

It is the largest operating military installation in New England with the Groton Submarine Base, which is in my district, and they all have to figure out a way to co-exist, to make sure that we protect the biodiversity of Long Island Sound.

And, again, just to set the stage a little bit in terms of Connecticut's interest in this legislation, I represent the 2nd Congressional District, whose coastline extends basically from the Connecticut River to the Rhode Island border.

As we begin the second year of the 118th Congress, a Congress which unfortunately in its first year was one of the lowest and least productive Congresses in memory, only 31 bills, it is time for us to come together and identify measures…

During rollcall Vote number 10 on H.J. Res. 98, I mistakenly recorded my vote as ``yea'' when I should have voted ``nay''. personal explanation

To me that is a step backward, and that is where, as a former small employer, before I came to Congress.

extending drug price negotiations into the commercial market would increase Federal revenues by $45 billion over 10 years

I begin by thanking my colleague, Congressman John Larson, for his thoughtful, courageous leadership on this issue, crafting Social Security 2100, which is the only comprehensive, paid-for measure which enhances Social Security and averts…

More choice is good.

the Inflation Reduction Act, which again has now put into place a mechanism for negotiating lower prices for prescription drug

In a few minutes, the House is going to vote on the National Defense Authorization Act, which I strongly support. It is the product of bipartisan, bicameral compromise, which is exactly what the American people crave, and I congratulate…

We are again talking about another set of bills before the Subcommittee that are headed for the shredder, and that are really aimed at doing nothing more than curtailing union rights.

The Gallup Poll, which is conducted every year on approval of unions, again is well above the norm, 67 percent.

One other aspect, and we again see it done at EB, is that the union management Fitzgerald Act apprenticeship programs, which again is the earn while you learn for people.

With the RFI released for new PTMS requirements, when do you intend to integrate a new PTMS to support the aircraft?

Can you explain the PTMU modernization plan and timing?

As we discuss other upgrades needed for the F-35, can you confirm that ECU is being designed for any PTMS configuration to allow for the current schedule to stay on target?

Thank you for the opportunity to speak in support of a bill that I have co-led with a bipartisan group of Members, the Increasing Land Access, Security, and Opportunities Act.

I urge you to include this proposal as part of the farm bill reauthorization next year.

With the average price per acre of a farm increasing with higher real estate costs, it is more important than ever that Congress act to ensure that farmland is preserved and maintained for the next generation.

This fundamentally important legislation would provide an avenue for young and beginning farmers to secure their own land, helping to preserve agricultural operations in posterity.

This bill would authorize $100 million for this program, operating out of the Farm Service Agency, from 2024 through 2028.

Thank you, Chairwoman Foxx, and I want to thank you for the moment of silence for the 137 hostages who are still being held to this day.

Talk is cheap. I mean I have been around here a while. Budgets are what really, I think show the true willingness to act in situations like this.