Susan Collins

Virtually every major source of business and revenue for bus companies... has been severely restricted or eliminated over the past 14 months.

Cybersecurity is an increasingly critical issue.

I agree with you on that. And that obviously is a barrier to effectively implementing programs.

And that really underscores the hard work that all of the partners, and stakeholders who came together, put into the plan.

It cannot just focus on large urban areas.

As we begin our work on the budget for the next fiscal year, it is important to know that unlike previous years, there is not yet a budget agreement in place.

I am concerned that there are still two open GAO recommendations to HUD related to service coordinators.

I want to bring to your attention a HUD success story.

I agreed that you need to improve your internal cybersecurity, but I hope that you will also look at ways to educate consumers about the danger of real estate wire fraud.

Madam Secretary, you have said many times set HUD is understaffed. And I agree with you on that.

As part of the fiscal year 2021 Omnibus, we provided $60.4 billion for HUD, and that includes $695 million in emergency spending.

Knowing how many service coordinators HUD has seems to me to be pretty fundamental information that the Department should have.

I am very pleased to join Chairman Schatz in welcoming Secretary Fudge to her very first hearing before this subcommittee.

HUD needs to be more focused on smaller cities and communities.

That in the land of the free, there should always be a home for the brave.

These funds provide rental assistance for seniors and low-income families.

My legislation to support energy storage research and development--the Better Energy Storage Technology, or BEST, Act--became law in December 2020.

I appreciate for the conversations we have had regarding the importance of energy storage research and innovation.

In my opinion, that is a tragedy, and the Maine Attorney General has noted that this is at least in part due to alterations in the illicit drug supply.

The ill-conceived defund the police movement has also led to significant problems.

Any taxpayers should be guaranteed that their privacy will be protected when they provide information and file their returns with the IRS.

I was trying to get your personal opinion on whether this effort, which you are not a part of, is contributing to the recruitment and the retention problems that are being experienced all over the country.

Thank you. Ms. O'Connell, last month, HHS devoted more than $2 billion meant for other health initiatives toward covering the cost of caring for unaccompanied immigrant children, migrant children on the Southern border.

The country is going in the wrong direction with respect to overall drug use and overdose fatalities.

All of these funds will be administered in a way that benefit the Palestinian people--not Hamas.