Niki Tsongas: “It is a missed opportunity to not maximize for private investment.”

I thank Ranking Member Smith and Chairman Thornberry for their leadership. I would also like to thank Chairman Turner for his partnership and leadership this year on the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee and for maintaining the…

To put it simply, NEPA makes sure that we 'look before we leap,' and are using taxpayer dollars wisely.

I think it is important to remember that we are having this hearing today because it has been 47 days since the landfall of Hurricane Maria, and yet our fellow Americans in Puerto Rico are still enduring a humanitarian crisis.

Given the information that we have learned from the gas explosions that devastated the Merrimack Valley in September, it is now clear that this disaster was entirely preventable.