Charles Q. Brown: “This Committee used to be bipartisan. And now you got a few Members that are dragging the House of Representatives down…”

Thank you for the opportunity to serve my country in a new way, as I testify before you in support of protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from the destruction of oil and gas and drilling.

I urge Congress to pass H.R. 1146, the Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act, recently introduced by Chairman Jared Huffman.

A shortage of affordable housing is not just a housing problem. It is an education problem. It is a health care problem. It is an economic growth problem.

Unless we make significant changes to the Air Force's programmed force, we will not meet the pacing threat of China in 2030.