Niki Tsongas: “While necessarily resident in a particular state, states do not have the right to unilaterally set policy on these lands…”

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 21, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $5,000,000)''. Page 32, line 1, after the…

I too, feel that we as a full body of Congress should have the opportunity to debate an authorization for use of military force.

Many still do not have safe drinking water.

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.