Mario Díaz-Balart

3.1 billion dollars in rail from the, in the OMNI which this committee is very proud of

Absent a significant essentially martial plan for these distressed communities, and absent a really thoughtful approach, the next wave of significant investment could actually be a repeat of that phenomenon.

Thank you for--your name was invoked a little while ago, and again, your leadership on all issues, but particularly on the housing, will be greatly missed, greatly missed.

We have to continue to invest wisely in infrastructure.

It is to ensure enough funds are available to--for all the projects that are currently--have been executed, full funded grant agreements.

If the helicopters could simply travel over the water for the entire route, it would solve this problem...

And Congressman Quigley does a great job on this issue and is really very heavily affected by all these issues as well.

I would like to work with you on, again, whether it is through TIGER or INFRA--or, for example, are there other opportunities for Congress to maybe clarify, you know, what authority you may or may not have to better support some potential…

In the Omni, the 18 Omnibus, we complete full funding to complete the decommissioning of the nuclear ship, Savanna.

I think we should all keep that in mind.

I don't think that you will see support on this committee for massive reductions.

Which is why, again, we are very committed to those programs.

I am asking the subcommittee to include in the fiscal year 2019 Appropriations Bill language...

This committee does real infrastructure.

Let me--again, I would be remiss if I did not mention your just tireless leadership and advocacy.

Thank you, Chairman and thank you for doing this.

These changes provide a path forward to improve our transportation infrastructure quickly without dramatic increases in Federal spending that would stifle economic growth and job creation.

It is just unacceptable. These are flood victims and thousands and thousands of these people are still living in gutted homes.

And, again, it was important, too, because I think this is about as important of an issue as we will ever deal with.

It does represent a downpayment toward improving our Nation's infrastructure.

We need to get it. It is third in our--we have six priorities in the Army, six modernization priorities.

I think all of us were very pleased that the President made a great, great choice.

I don't have to tell you that tens of thousands of Americans die every year because of narcotics, and so it is a threat.

I think a lot of folks don't understand your role and the National Guard's role, and it is a key role.

Whenever we have these meetings, we always hear about the potential threat of China and Russia...