Charles Q. Brown: “We need to get serious about rail like we are definitely serious about highways in the United States.”

But be clear, we do want it to decrease access to loans at interest rates so high they ruin people's lives.

By taking these courageous steps and others, we will be better prepared to meet one of the greatest challenges of the 21st Century.

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

This allows us to advance the tech refresh cycle that actually pulls more contributors into innovating, and producing capabilities, that we can rapidly deliver to our Guardians.