Ed Case

The current escalation in our federal debt is unsustainable over time and will increasingly harm our country across the board.

Our debt now exceeds $28 trillion, doubling in just the last decade alone.

I reject the increasingly popular view that federal deficits and debt no longer matter.

I would strongly urge your personal vigilance in this area. This is a very difficult time, especially for our Asian American community, and investigators with the best intentions can get carried away, so please watch this very carefully.

What can you say to them as to your efforts to assure that these investigations do not go in that direction?

It is a lot better for us to do the R&D and then for them to take it.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And, Dr. Panchanathan, it is a pleasure to have you with us.

$10,000,000 is a lot of money, but when you take a look at everything that rides on the accuracy of the information over time, the cost benefit is just--there is no comparison.

Thank you very much for your testimony that recognized the importance of the Atmospheric Baseline Observatories.

You could have had, with the available vaccinations to date, you could have had 100 percent in your officers if they had decided to all take it, right?

Thank you for your service and for all of the folks that serve with you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I am very, very concerned that that is not yet at least being subjected to an objective, independent assessment that is not driven by the people that were there on the spot, because I don’t think that that results in either a good overall…

I think we also established last week that as to General Honore--and it is good news that you are in touch with him--his evaluation is more about the physical infrastructure, the physical protection, the physical, you know, attributes of…

Most of the increase that you are asking for is actually an increase in salary and benefits for existing staff.

I am proudly coming to you from the State that produces more macadamia nuts than Ohio, Washington, New York, Virginia, and Nevada combined.

We have already seen division in politics, you know, leak into this evaluation.

It seems to me that we have three broad questions dealing with January 6: Number one is kind of a past question, what happened and why? Number two is a present question, which is, how can we continue to deal with the lingering effects…

I just want to join the comments by the chair and the ranking member thanking you and your teams for your service, for your commitment, and for your honesty and candor as we try to sort through the immediacy of January 6 as well as the…

One of the most tragic were suicides of our officers and, I assume, potential suicides by others in our Capitol 'ohana

I am very happy to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from New Mexico (Ms. Haaland), chair of the subcommittee of jurisdiction, National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, my friend and colleague.

I express my appreciation to new colleague, Mr. Palazzo, for his support of this critical bill. Those of us that live in the oceans and on the coasts completely understand the value of NOAA, again, as a matter of life and death in many…

I deeply appreciate the support of my friend and colleague from Alaska, the dean of the House, on this bipartisan, bicameral measure. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

I certainly do appreciate my colleague's very emotional description of the rich history of Battle Creek and his commitment to its preservation. I join him in that. Mr. Speaker, I have no further speakers, and I reserve the balance of my…

I urge my colleagues to support this invaluable legislation for our oceans and all of us, and I yield back the balance of my time.