this is not over by a long shot.

Our priority was to make sure that we focus on the residential side to get our families back home.

the Federal Government's total expenditures are closing in on $3 billion or in that range in totality.

We need Congress to step up and invest in affordable housing in advance of disaster so that we are not already in a shortage when we are trying to climb out.

this is a critical issue for us in Congress right now that we need to focus on.

It is not as if it is going to be done by the end of the year.

It is a challenge to try to all be on the same page, and it is probably going to start with a recommendation.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from New York will be postponed. Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Chair, I rise as the designee of the…

Again, let's read the amendment. There is no mention in this amendment of this mysterious company. There is no commitment by the Department of Defense to use a specific company. This is a matter of disclosure. These companies have to…

I read this amendment carefully, and what I saw in this amendment and the policy choices that it engages have nothing to do with what I just heard from the proponent of this amendment, so let me deal with the merits of this amendment as it…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Alabama will be postponed. The Chair understands that amendment No. 133 will not be offered…

I claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Hawaii is recognized for 5 minutes.

First of all, let's take a look at the actual language of the amendment. I have heard the arguments from my colleague about what this amendment does, but when you take a look at the actual language of the amendment, what you discover is…

We owe it to those veterans to treat them as any other veteran.

This Friday at Kilo Pier, Pearl Harbor, Admiral John C. Aquilino, call sign ``Lung,'' relinquished his command of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and closes four decades of service to our Nation. Throughout, Admiral Aquilino has exemplified…

I detect in the questions from the other side some fundamental misunderstandings about what tribal consultation actually consists of.

Thank you for your response, also to this subcommittee including Mr. Joyce here who visited personally himself.

Some decision needs to be made on some form of rebuilding and/or the waiver authority that will relieve the pressure on that rebuilding.

I think we would all agree the Joint Task Force Red Hill was very successful, at least that is my view, and I think it is most people's views.

I am grateful to my many colleagues who have co-sponsored this legislation.

This bill, the Pacific Partnership Act, deserves favorable consideration by the entire Congress.

A special mahalo to Mr. Larsen for visiting Honolulu to look at some of our critical projects last week.

This project will address severe flood risk across the Ala Wai watershed, which is in Honolulu proper.

the only reason that it did get included was because a roll call vote was not called.

this hearing is nothing more or less than a part of a concerted effort to disrupt, to upset, to halt a decades-old, inclusive process