I would want to work with you as to how to ameliorate those kinds of dramatic cuts to these programs.

It's really important to me.

the domestic spending is just as much a part of national security as the DoD side.

To encourage more drilling for oil and gas on public lands and offshore to pay for park deferred maintenance is, in my view, shortsighted and not the way to go.

I want to note that the oil and gas industry gets about $5 billion a year in tax breaks.

I am going to want to follow up with you, Ms. McDowall, but I am out of time, as to why these new screenings were implemented and to the extent that they seem to be motivated by political considerations.

I totally agree with that.

I think there needs to be a balance between acquiring these kinds of lands for preservation for future generations.

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I have consistently fought for construction of community-based care options for Hawaii veterans living on the neighbor islands.

I am concerned that the law is being applied in an inconsistent and inappropriate manner.

I think that it is very important as a consideration that some of this information is repeated to them when they reach veteran status because they do have a lot of information.