We need strong air pollution standards and Federal investments to help reduce emissions in these communities, too.

For his efforts in the Vietnam war and I think for his service here in the United States, when John Kerry was nominated to be Secretary of State, he was actually confirmed.

Thank you for bringing your expertise and knowledge from a previous part of your life to this body.

In 2014, under my leadership as Chairman of this Committee at the time--I think with Tom Coburn as my wingman--we passed the Presidential and Federal Records Act (FRA) which, among other things, certified that electronic records should be…

I am a veteran, the last Vietnam veteran serving here, and I am especially appreciative of the work in that regard.

The information we just heard from my colleague, is this official? Is this like government emails? I do not really understand the source of them. Just explain it.

It will be interesting to see what social media in a personal capacity looked like for some of the folks that we serve with.

All of us on this Committee and in the Senate and House receive inquiries from our constituents, and a lot of them are veterans.

the Committee on Environment and Public Works has adopted rules governing its procedures for the 118th Congress. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 2, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that a copy of the committee…

Our bill would expand a successful program within the Customs and Border Protection agency.

I'm concerned that this disparate treatment may have unintended consequences, such as giving foreign distributors a cost advantage over distributors located in the U.S. foreign trade zones.

We need a leader at the IRS who's been confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

Democrats have made it very clear that we have an ironclad commitment to protect people who are making under $400,000.

I was very heartened to see that, since the Inflation Reduction Act was enacted last fall, the IRS has already begun putting the funds that Congress provided to good use.

One of my proudest responsibilities as a U.S. Senator serving the people of Delaware is supporting my constituents.

Danny Werfel has proved time and again that he has the management expertise and experience.

My objective would be--because of how important I think it is to Americans--that we should not only be benchmarking what these organizations are doing, we should be able to beat them.

I want to see the IRS get that kind of recognition for quality.

So, from a lowly 13 percent to 90 percent as a result of the ability to hire that additional 5,000 workers says volumes.

The American people deserve an IRS that meets their expectations.

I have never stopped caring about it.

I have heard concerns from the plastics recycling community that increasing the number of chemical recycling facilities in the U.S. could hurt the financial liability of mechanical recycling facilities.

I am very grateful to Chairman Merkley for having this hearing.

I want to thank our Chairman, I want to thank our Ranking Member, Senator Wicker, for holding this hearing, a really important hearing today.

I would like to ask unanimous consent that the attached Joint Explanatory Statement appear in the Congressional Record in conjunction with H.R. 7776, the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023. There being…