I intend to move, with the support of Mr. Blumenthal and Mrs. Shaheen, that H.R. 1628 be committed to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions with instructions to report the same back to the Senate in 3 days, not counting…

I intend to move, with the support of Mr. Blumenthal and Mrs. Shaheen, that H.R. 1628 be committed to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions with instructions to report the same back to the Senate in 3 days, not counting…

I intend to move, with the support of Senator Blumenthal, that H.R. 1628 be committed to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions with instructions to report the same back to the Senate in 3 days with changes that will…

There was no detail, there was no explanation. There was no background, no sources.

I think it's a fair question who he was consulting with.

If we've got brave people that want to defend this country, they should be allowed to do so.

The nub of this seems to be the attorney general's recusing himself early on in his tenure.

Nobody in our country is above the law.

Firing of Robert Mueller is not something that could be just said, OK, we're going to move on from here.

The coincidence of that rise in CO2 and the rise of the burning of fossil fuel is unmistakable.

the Park Service is cut by 11 percent

the budget that was submitted by this Administration cuts energy efficiency and renewable energy by 70 percent

But I presume since it has already been authorized in law, if it's appropriated you would spend it according to the appropriation?

Well, we will have to discuss that position further with the Department.

I think my only comment is we love what you do. The national parks are one of the greatest aspects of this country, and they mean so much to so many people.

there seems to be no real, serious effort to coordinate the way these things work together.

There is a famous story about the man who lived on the Maine-New Hampshire border...

We have had quite a bit of discussion about this with the National Park Service and also with the House.

I think that is a provision that, perhaps, should be in different legislation or there should be a different way to approach it.

The idea, I think, as we all agree is to allow traditional clamming, worming, and periwinkles, as has been used.

I would encourage this committee and the Congress to say, yes, we think that's a good idea, and we'll give you a multi-year authorization or multi-year support

80 percent solutions that are on time are better than 99 percent solutions that are late.

It seems to me the real issue is what ships, and it's a strategic issue of what do we need, where do we put our effort, and we have to try to project ourselves.

Frigates are essential because the real threat is submarines.

If we're talking about a 355-ship Navy, we're talking about procurement.