Tom Carper

I think we are poised to do good things there.

Everyone ought to treat other people the way we want to be treated.

The Administration's focus on climate change is both timely, and I believe, critical.

Other than that, though? That is a pretty good list, really.

I always focus on what is the root cause, not just the symptoms of problems.

All right. Thank you. Secretary Mendrala, anything else you would add?

I wish you could come with me today and see what a Committee where people work together, members, staff, what we can get done for 50 States with input from all 50 States.

This is the worst drought in 1,200 years. It has been going on for about 20 years, and it presents serious challenges.

It is important that we need to not just address the symptoms of these problems, but also the root causes.

May the fourth and the force be with you.

The idea of reporting out something this expansive, this beneficial, again, with a bipartisan unanimous vote, is just, for me, it is very rewarding and satisfying.

Teamwork does make the dream work.

The yeas are, say that again, 20 to zero? I like that.

I am pretty excited on this May 4th about our bipartisan package.

Well, we are united. We are 20 to zero. Twenty yeas, zero nays, and the legislation is favorably reported.

I want to thank Senator Cardin, him and his team, and Senator Cramer, to you and your team in your role as Ranking Member on the Subcommittee.

I want to take a moment to thank Senators Capito, Cardin, Cramer, that is a lot of Cs, other members of our Committee, and our staffs as well for the hard work in getting this legislation ready for consideration today.

We must be doing more to address it.

We need to find out what works and do more of that.

I like to say, find out what works, do more of that.

OK. Ms. Christian, the same question. In terms of the changes that we had hoped for and expected from the 2020 legislation, any differences?

The expectation of those who have supported a change in law embodied in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), was that we got to do this better.

I love that base. In fact, our community loves the Dover Air Force Base.

I think this is an important hearing. I think the question for me and the issue here is, why haven't the reforms that were adopted 2 years ago worked better?

A more perfect union. The idea is everything we do we can do better.