"As a Louisianan, I am very grateful that the budget doesn't call for an outright elimination of GOMESA. But it does threaten the security of this critical funding for Louisiana by way of the public infrastructure fund proposal."
"I advocate inside the Pentagon with the Army that they modernize the Army National Guard in a concurrent and balanced manner."
"I think that it is going to be a long time before they recover, and you know, we continue to assist them every way we can."
"I just want to say the defense communities that surround both Barksdale and Fort Polk have a long and proven track record of fully supporting--enthusiastically so--these two vital military installatio..."
"I really have been wondering about mobile technologies where we could take the best medicine we have..."
"I look forward to doing everything I can to support you and the committee's work to provide our military with the essential resources it needs."
"It is good to be with a committee that has a lot of authority and power."
"This is a particular concern at a time when we have seen a dramatic increase in assaults on agents. And just last year, assaults on agents were up 76 percent. They totaled 774 for 2017."
"Our government has placed the men and women who patrol our border, as well as the American citizens who live on or near the border, in a very difficult position."
"How in the world does creating a national park in some way endanger tourism? In fact, our intent here is to do exactly the opposite, and that is to foster and to increase tourism."
"The situation has largely been forced upon residents by a misguided Federal policy, reminding us once again that Washington has a bad habit of drafting policies without giving local communities a seat..."