Debbie Wasserman Schultz

If there could be some more clear direction on what to do with our recyclables if all the bags are orange, then that would be helpful.

Because, when we went through finishing the CVC, there were insane cost overruns, and it took so much longer than was projected because we are dealing with older buildings.

So you are making the points that I would like to make, because, regardless of any which way we figure it out, it is going to be extremely expensive.

So you are continuing to put it in--okay.

Rayburn is rated 'poor.' Longworth is rated 'fair.' Presumably we would have to start on Rayburn first because it is deteriorating faster.

And then is Longworth or Rayburn next?

How much is in the trust fund at the moment?

So is it prohibited or is it by choice?

But does your Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee plan to look into this issue?

I agree with you on the electronic health records concerns. No question.

I urge the subcommittee to provide strong consideration on the request for perimeter fence as submitted to Congress by the secretary of the Air Force.

There were numerous stories that we have heard about how services are still using World War II era facilities.

The chairman and I just had an opportunity to go down to Puerto Rico to look at the impact that Hurricane Maria and Irma have had on the military facilities there.

You have to know where you are taking the money from in order to know how much you are going to have.

$31,977.65 as opposed to a $1.7 million cost per detainee at GTMO--a colossal waste of money and an example of backward priorities.

To me, that signals--which won't even be ready until 2022--that you are ramping up operations there.

A facility that should be closed.

That facility would be built for 41 people at best.

Unless, you are just being colossally fiscally irresponsible and think it is okay to spend $1.7 million per detainee.

The President made a campaign pledge that is not really an answer. And if your answer is that we should put the needs and well-being of 41 detainees at GTMO higher than the people who serve our country, than that is really demonstrative of…

Why do we have a higher responsibility to the bad dudes at GTMO than we do to our military service members who are protecting our country?

There are far higher MILCON priorities for which we could use that funding, some which I just described.

A $69 million facility--a $69 million facility--is a complete waste of valuable resources.

I was surprised to see that after 6 straight years of requesting a BRAC... the Administration chose not to do so for fiscal year 2019.

These brave men and women deserve decent shelter, and I fear that we are not always providing that.