Gary Peters

Everybody just basically stops work in order to gear up for a shutdown. That is unacceptable.

One of our most fundamental responsibilities is to pass a budget and fund the government.

If you want, as a country, to stay ahead, if we want to continue to be first, and we're looking over our shoulders, and as you said, seeing China and other countries coming up faster and faster behind us...

I think the real takeaway from it wasn't just the increase in funding, although that's obviously very important to the scientific enterprise, but the big part of it was just to have some stability.

I know Senator Peters was recently at the auto car show in Washington, D.C., and there is the artificial intelligence that's being used in autonomous vehicles, self-driving cars, much of it is NSF-funded.

It is only a success if it actually gets implemented properly.

It truly was a bipartisan process.

Stopping these deadly drugs from ever reaching our streets is certainly a good start.

It should not take a congressional investigation into the Postal Service and what is happening with international mail to get our government to do its job.

I really want to thank Senator Carper and his staff for working so closely with us on this investigation.

I think that these test grounds can provide a valuable interface to the government to help with regulations, because it can provide data and a science-based approach to what regulations need to be and what ones do not need to be.

I think we have to continue to demonstrate through good use cases--I mentioned before the example of parking--that people can become familiar in a safe environment and begin to trust the overall technology.

The surface transportation system is at risk, and there's significant risk.

Despite these continued threats to our transportation system, President Trump's budget request would have significant cuts.

I look forward to working closely with the Transportation Security Administration to ensure that the 60,000 public servants who are committed to keeping the traveling public safe have the tools and, equally as important, the resources to…

We need to keep our focus there, as well.

The cuts in the budget that you cite, sir, are cuts that are primarily directed at the Viper Teams.

I have recently introduced some bipartisan legislation with Senators Capito and Murkowski in the Senate called the 'YOUTH Act,' which aims to increase access to these treatments.

Just because A comes before B does not mean that A causes B.

There is a recognition as to how important Medicaid is as a health provider for Americans who have the ability to access that

Medicaid expansion has produced not only historic coverage gains, but it also has very far-reaching positive health effects for American families.

Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the uninsured rate in Michigan has been cut in half.

Wherever there has been Medicaid expansion, there is increased opioid use and addiction.

I would also like to welcome our new colleague to the Committee, Senator Doug Jones. Welcome to this Committee.

Medicaid is a program that literally saves lives.