Garret Graves: “You are saying that the state of California should unilaterally be able to determine what happens with the Federal…”

I don't have any more speakers, I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Closed primaries, he said, distort democracy. They distort free markets.

The Federal Government used to just throw billions and billions of dollars in the aftermath of a disaster and didn't pay appropriate attention, in my opinion, on the front end of what we can do to actually avert disasters.

Congresswoman Peltola has been a big advocate and supporter in educating the committee and following in the footsteps of Congressman Don Young in advocating for that State.