Chris Coons

I enjoy working together on the diverse array of issues that come before the subcommittee.

Far too many guidance counselors, parents, and teachers, view manufacturing as dirty and dangerous and outdated.

Without SelectUSA and its ability to showcase America's strengths and the capabilities and the draw of our market, I do not think it would have happened.

Thank you, Secretary, for your great service and what you have done to bring energy and focus and real leadership to the Department.

Senator Baldwin and I co-lead an initiative called Manufacturing Jobs for America that has worked to develop legislation.

I am interested in talking about how we make every day Manufacturing Day, and what we can do together to advance manufacturing.

I do think that there are inherent limits to the Islamic state's expansion...

So in Iraq, we were not attuned to that.

So just having reviewed your testimony and looked at some of the answers you have given to these difficult questions, you recommend, if I understand correctly, tying assistance, tying military training, equipment, support in the…

I would like to thank both of the witnesses today for your testimony in this incredibly challenging and complex environment.

I think it would make a significant different for harbors across the country, not just in my home State of Delaware.

I will urge you to reconsider, based on experience at the port, two dredging cycles a year.

It is disappointing that the Administration's funding request is insufficient for what are the likely needs of the whole country.

I am pleased there is another $55 million overall in the work plan to complete the project, so I just want to start by saying thank you since I know not every opportunity is taken to thank you for budget support and for leadership.

I am hopeful that we can work together to find resources.

Thank you very much, Chairman Alexander. Thank you both for your forbearance and for your sound and solid leadership of this subcommittee and others.

I hope you can commit to continuing this program. It is vanishingly small in the scope of your total budget.

I just want to commend you for the $13 million funding request for Access to Justice initiatives.

Thank you, Attorney General Lynch, for your leadership of the department at this most difficult and important time.

The Child Advocacy Centers are a specific law enforcement response to a specific problem of child sexual abuse that I think is worthy of a specific appropriation.

I was very disappointed to see the President's budget once again request only half of the amount required for these programs.

If we are going to continue our journey toward criminal justice reform, we have to do a stronger job of managing reentry.

I think that is a very important point. I appreciate your making that before this committee today.

I have passionately advocated for many years.

It is time for Congress to act.