"I hope this Committee will take direction from the Army Corps of Engineers, who requested this increase in authorization."
"We all lose, and importantly each and every one of our constituents lose, if we aren't able to pass this bill."
"If prospective servicemembers do not have confidence in the quality of the most basic, essential facilities, how can we expect them to enlist at a time of great uncertainty and mistrust in institution..."
"Mr. Davis. During a recent visit to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, I toured a deteriorating physical fitness center."
"Mr. Davis. Beyond raising the enlistment age, has the Air Force considered lowering eligibility standards to accept overweight enlistees and then training them to meet the old standard once they enlis..."
"If you eat food, the farm bill matters to you."
"We also must build on the success of the conservation programs funded by the Inflation Reduction Act."
"The farm bill must fight food insecurity by ensuring every household in America... has access to food."
"It must expand opportunities for farmers and rural communities."
"It must help farmers to meet increasing renewable energy demands."
"It must expand opportunities to all who wish to farm, especially new and beginning farmers and farmers of color."
"This bipartisan bill expands and strengthens the existing USDA Rural Decentralized Water Systems Program to support low- and moderate-income households' installation or upgrade of water well and waste..."