Marty Walsh

I just wanted to clarify, this is not a reduction. This is an increase of 15 percent in their budget.

This is a technical and clarifying amendment regarding the termination of the Community Builder Fellow program. This amendment simply clarifies language that was included in the bill and in the fiscal year 2000 appropriation that…

According to HUD, the bill provides sufficient funds for 3,321 new units, which, according to HUD's estimates, is a reduction of 200,133 units.

There is some confusion about exactly how this would come back. If it was in the budget request, then it would be clearly not subject to reprogramming. I will be willing to work with the gentleman as we go down the road on this issue. But…

Our intention is not to preclude anyone's ability to comment on these amendments or offer amendments.

That was not the point of the letter. The point of the letter was do not use veterans medical care.

We are talking about $2.5 billion in American taxpayer money going to Eastern North Carolina to help people solve their problems. That is our response.

I know of his deep concern for the safety and well being of his constituents. We recognize the importance of this project and the need to obtain funding to resolve it before winter storms further damage the sewer line. I look forward to…

I would pledge to the gentlewoman that we would make it a priority to work with her to make sure that the facts and figures on services and properties and everything within each individual VISN were provided for review to make sure that…

In the event that we do provide this 1.7 increase in this bill, is the gentleman prepared to support that $1.7 billion increase? Because if he does not he is then, in effect, supporting the President's level of level funding.

I would ask him if he was aware that this bill increases veterans' medical care by $1.7 billion?

Reclaiming my time, the percentages do show a scale of increase in this budget. No matter how we cut it, a 20 percent increase in any budget is very substantial. It would be difficult, quite frankly, to manage.

I understand there is a need for a veterans' outpatient clinic in the 7th District of Georgia. I would like to assure the gentleman that I will work with him on this issue toward the establishment of a clinic in that county of Georgia as…

I stand ready to work with all Members to assure that each VISN receives sufficient funding.

I certainly understand the concerns, and I can assure the gentleman that I will work with him and other leaders in our Nation's space program to see that the NASA budget is further accommodated in conference. NASA is very important to this…

Just briefly, we have added within this budget, we have plussed up an additional $30 million for general operating expenses. Clearly what the gentleman is requesting is only one-fifth of that amount. So those funds are available at the…

This whole process has been a remarkable achievement for all of us. In all of my experience here in the Congress in 10 years, I have never seen a more bipartisan or nonpartisan, bicameral, multi-branch of government-supported project as…

In the event that additional resources become available when the House conference with the Senate begins on this bill, will the gentleman work with us to see if some additional funds may be made available for this effective, vitally needed…

Mr. Chairman, I have no problem with the amendment. The minority supports it, the majority supports it. The language would require the Architect of the Capitol to develop a cost-effective strategy to achieve 20 percent efficiency in energy…

We are recycling about 10,000 tons of material each year, and our percentage in the waste stream, it is in the neighborhood of about 25 to 26 percent.

Steve was a remarkable man, someone who I got to know when I came to Washington. I served with him for 9 years, admired him, admired his honesty and his judgment, his dedication. He is one of those many Members who comes here and who does…

The gentleman is consistent in his argument against school choice, but inconsistent in his argument on who should benefit. Is the gentleman opposed to the idea of providing scholarships for poor families in Washington, DC?

I will just say that our responsibility on the subcommittee is to allocate resources. There are times when some committees have more responsibilities than others, and that is what we have tried to do. There was a request by the chairman…

Just to sum up, we certainly have worked very hard to try to get this bill to where it is today. Basically it is a bipartisan bill. Not everyone is happy with it. Is it the right amount of Federal funds? I believe it is. If we were to…

Can we clarify the language in conference to reflect the requirement for consensus is not just a rephrasing of the moratorium that we had last year but a standard of rigor which will be expected of DOE in future rulemakings?