"In fact, I really truly am ashamed of all of my colleagues here in Congress because there has been no bipartisan effort to fix it, and that is shameful."
"What I have been able to observe is nobody in healthcare is happy."
"And then to that, can you further elaborate on the potential threat the deferred maintenance poses on being able to respond to wildfires?"
"Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you for being with us today."
"Why is the President negotiating with China? Because they are stealing all our intellectual capital."
"In a free market environment. There is no question that free markets drive innovation."
"You are looking at Members of this Committee who are Members of the United States Congress, and you need more funding?"
"Due to the deferred maintenance backlog, how many miles of Forest Service system roads have been decommissioned over the past 10 years?"
"In your written testimony, you mentioned that perhaps most critically, forest infrastructure provides fire protection for communities."
"Farm income was down 55 percent, and this was before we ever got into trade negotiations."
"This is absolutely heart-breaking."