Sam Graves

The EPA estimates there are hundreds of thousands of Brownfield sites in the United States, ranging from abandoned warehouses, gas stations, inactive factories, and salvage yards.

These properties can be a waste of space--literally. That is why Congress created the Brownfields Land and Revitalization Program in 2001.

Over the last twenty years, the Brownfields program has been very successful and is incredibly popular.

Thanksgiving stands to be the most expensive ever. And if you are not getting ahead of your holiday shopping now, you are likely going to find limited options the closer that we get to Christmas.

Do no more harm to our supply chain by straining the workforce through the application of a vaccine mandate.

While American manufacturers, distributors and retailers work nonstop to rebound from the pandemic, the global shipping industry has been taking advantage.

I was personally offended by his call for the private sector to step up, while his administration does very little but compound the problem.

Thank you, and I want to thank our witnesses for testifying today. And I am very interested to hear what members of the panel have to say about the bottlenecks in our Nation's supply chain, because it is truly a crisis.

the policies the President, Speaker Pelosi, and Leader Schumer are pursuing are not only missing the mark--they're making matters even worse.

The only way to get through this crisis is to work together in collaboration to alleviate issues in the supply chain.

Florida does have a couple of cute little ports, but we have 5 of the top 15 ports in America.

the policies that the President, the Speaker, and Leader Schumer are pursuing are not only missing the mark, but they are making matters worse.

However, it has drawn resources away from needed ongoing maintenance and recapitalization of shoreside facilities and left no resources available for keeping IT systems current.

I will continue to work to ensure that the Coast Guard is appropriately funded and that the workforce who keep the service operating is not neglected.

It has been roughly 40 years since Congress first created the DBE program, which was intended to help small businesses owned and controlled by those facing barriers in the transportation construction and airport concession industries.

Thank you, Chair Payne, and thank you to our witnesses for being here today.

I look forward to receiving the results of that study when it is complete.

In closing, this legislation takes an important step in preparing the Federal Government and our communities for the introduction of advanced air mobility vehicles. Madam Speaker, I urge support, and I yield back the balance of my time.

This Subcommittee has a long, bipartisan history of taking a leading role in reforming federal real estate.

From pressing agencies to reduce their space footprint, to changing how we dispose of unneeded real estate, we have saved the taxpayer billions of dollars.

Thank you, Chair Titus, and thank you to our witnesses for being here today.

Understanding GSA's priorities, particularly in the public building space, is important to help the Committee work with GSA to continue to improve management of federal real estate.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 358, nays 59, not voting 14, as…

I look forward to hearing from the witnesses today on the unique challenges of wildfires and how FEMA can be best positioned to help.

Unfortunately, paperwork, red tape, and conflicting interpretations of law create hurdles for many communities hit by disaster.