John Moolenaar

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Insert after section 7 the following: SEC. 8. LIMITATION ON PERMIT ISSUANCE. Title IV of the Federal Water…

Often, housing is provided, and transportation is provided. So in my view, that far exceeds anything that you are comparing it to.

I guess the question is, could you actually, on your own, pause this increase to give them some time to get back on their feet?

In my district, it is having a huge effect... people growing fruit and vegetables are affected by this, and they need desperate relief.

The Biden administration raising the costs on these family farmers to the point where these mandated Department of Labor increases are at risk of putting them out of business.

The National Security Presidential Memorandum 33 outlines research security requirements for U.S. government-supported R&D programs.

You are incentivizing people to not pay back student loans and, at the same time, penalizing and forcing people who did to subsidize those who didn't.

Do you see the fundamental injustice in how this administration has, you know, picked winners and losers in this process?

In my district, I hear from parents who paid for their children's education and feel that it is unjust to say, okay, some people are having their loans forgiven, but they had to pay everything.

I want to follow up on Representative Letlow's questions with the concern that this problem with FAFSA.

You have got plans to extend the life of Medicare, and thank you for having that in the budget proposal.

You are the most accessible Secretary in this Administration, and I appreciate that.

Do you think it is appropriate for the Department of Health and Human Services to directly fund a religious bigot?

The Veterans Patient Advocacy Act would address this problem directly.

They tell me they struggle getting appointments, feel the VA is letting them down, and think the Federal Government does not care about them.

This is bipartisan legislation. I have worked on it with Congresswoman Debbie Dingell.

Patient advocates are specifically trained professionals that play a vital role in helping our veterans with problems related to their care.

After putting their lives on the line in service to our country, our veterans deserve the best care from the VA.

But why would we tell the American people we need to spend $6 trillion of emergency funding in this last Congress, and then find out we are no longer in an emergency and we still are going to spend that money? That, to me, seems like fraud…

We want to make sure we consider the threats posed by the CCP.

But we don't have the information on how many CFIUS reviews are being conducted, which, you know, priority projects are being looked at.

And if a foreign company requires its subsidiaries to promote influence and intelligence operations by foreign governments within the U.S., would that constitute a risk?

You know, if a company was requiring Americans to adhere to the principles of a hostile foreign government, would that constitute a risk?

But once the emergency is over, would you agree we shouldn't be spending those dollars for a different purpose than an emergency?

But would you agree, if money is in Federal budgets or agencies that has not been obligated or allocated and it was given under the auspices of a COVID emergency, would you agree that those dollars shouldn't be spent just on different…