Betty McCollum

70 percent of Guard members wish to stay in the Guard.

It needs to be resolved. It needs to be resolved immediately.

We must do better to break the cycle of continuing resolutions.

The fundamental strength of our Nation's defense is in the strength of our military personnel and their families.

I hope Congress has learned a hard lesson, that we should not hold the national debt limit hostage to arbitrary spending caps.

The Space Force, in my opinion, was hastily put together. I am not opposed to the fact that we have a Space Force; but Congress, in my opinion, did not give all the due diligence as to how this was going to be organized.

States put significant amounts of money into National Guard, whether it is tuition reimbursement, whether it is into, you know, equipment, land, and other things like that.

To lay all of the blame on the current President of the United States I think shortchanges the reality of how Congress has failed.

If we do not enact a supplemental, how will this impact the services' fiscal year 2024 base activities?

I hope Congress has learned a hard lesson: that we should not hold our national debt limit hostage over arbitrary spending caps.

I voted for the Fiscal Responsibility Act, not because I agreed with the spending levels in the deal, but because this country could not afford to default on its debts.

We must maintain strong domestic sugar production and not sell out our nation's farm families to foreign suppliers.

Thanks to our current U.S. sugar policy, American consumers are provided a reliable supply of safe, high-quality, responsibly produced sugar at prices that are among the lowest in the world.

Recently, I was able to visit the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Virginia, which, as you know, conducts groundbreaking nuclear and particle physics research.

93% of copper, nickel mines fail. There is no safe mine operating anywhere.

What would a budget cut to 2022 mean because I am, like, all in, you guys.

Wars are fought over water. Wars will continue to be fought over water.

These are hardworking dogs, and they are hard at work keeping our servicemembers welcomed back into the community.

It made a difference in how COVID was administered.

The State of Minnesota has taken great strides--great strides--over several different governors.

I always learn from you, and so now I have learned about depreciation, interest, all that other kind of stuff.

Treaties matter. Get things right matter.

It is important that we educate students because they are our future not only for the tribe, but for the Nation.

Hopefully, we can take care of healthcare and start the--and really have a serious discussion about what we could do for educational funding this year.

The advance appropriations is for 1 year, 1 year only.