Betty McCollum

The mandatory funding, we hear Indian Country loud and clear on that.

I did support the President's budget when it came forward. It was smaller, but the President also had a lot of cost savings in it.

The Department of Navy's budget request reflects the enormity of the mission that you have to protect America.

I got on my knees and started looking at the extinguishers. They were PFAS-free.

And I am asking, is it an issue of your identified cleanup needs based on the capacity that you have currently, or if you had more capacity, you would clean up more?

So you are saying you are at capacity then for what you are going to clean up?

I worked on this issue for licensing, especially for family and marriage counseling, and it is different in different States.

I am concerned that it creates an impression that Congress will be restoring the funds this year instead of the Department making these activities priorities in their budget.

Our women, based on where they are stationed, should not be subject to not being able to assert their full rights for healthcare.

And then also as a person who, both as a State representative and as a Member of Congress, has been working with the Pentagon--and I will leave it at the high level up here--the Pentagon on remedial things that needed to happen after…

We shouldn't have to spell it out, but we spelled it out.

I strongly believe it should be a right to obtain those records.

It is custom in usage when you're launching something, you need to put in 'such sums as needed.'

Thank you, Representative Davids, for bringing this forward.

I look forward to working with you, Ms. Davids, and the Department of the Interior to make sure that the Department of the Defense turns over every single record.

Women are not a second-class priority in the United States military, and their protection.

Anything that we can do to make sure that you have the energy you need in a timely fashion that is also green, that reduces greenhouse gasses, is a win-win for the United States taxpayers, the Army, and our climate at large.

Climate change is reshaping the geostrategic, operational, and tactical environment, with significant implications for the United States' national security.

The sum of what you both said is, we need to be prepared for today and ready for tomorrow and putting our people first.

I want to fully state my support for a new round of BRAC.

Like the pandemic, Native America is on the front lines of the climate change crisis and has an important role to play in leading the way to a cleaner, healthier future.

Thank you, Chair Pingree, for I am going to get back into Natural Resources and talk about boarding schools and what we need to do to get the history right on that.

Well, it is wonderful that you are doing the right thing, the ethical thing, but it is also great to see the United States take leadership on this.

I am right now going into a hearing in the Natural Resources Committee, which we are working on repatriation for Native-American treasures and try and protect Native-American culture.

I couldn't be more proud of, you know, the team spirit here in making sure that our collections are shared by all and accessible to everyone.