"Thank you very much, Chairwoman Brownley, and thank you for having this hearing."
"Today's hearing is just the start of an ongoing conversation I expect this Subcommittee to have throughout the 116th Congress."
"I appreciate the opportunity to be here to discuss how to break down the barriers for women veterans in the Department of Veterans Affairs system, systemwide."
"I am particularly distressed to have learned that, according to a recent study, one in four women veterans report being subjected to inappropriate, unwanted comments from male veterans in the VA syste..."
"Men and women are dying every day, Chairman, and every day we wait is another veteran who may pass away from a presumptive that is not being granted to them currently. We can't wait anymore."
"I appreciate the opportunity to testify before you today. I am here to advocate on behalf of our Nation's farmers, ranchers, and foresters, and the programs that ensure the continued prosperity of rur..."
"While I remain hopeful that Congress will pass a supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2019 as soon as possible, these disasters illustrate the critical importance of the farm safety net."
"I would also like to urge the committee to continue to prioritize important agricultural research programs like the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative."
"I strongly support his efforts to ensure that the USDA is the most effective, most efficient, and most customer-focused agency in the Federal Government."
"A nice little town like ours and the sheriff was -- he was irate and imposed a curfew on the city starting at 6:00 and it will be dusk to dawn for the next couple of days or so until we get everything..."
"It's going to be an amount of damage we have not seen in living memory in this part of the country."
"Not one [transformer] was operational in Bay County."