Thad Cochran: “I think the statistics that we have show that this has increased by 30 percent, just in the last 20 years.”

And I plan to use my best efforts to identify the areas that we can make improvements in, and take a hard look, but at the same time realize we need to get a bill.

I wish to honor former Senator Pete V. Domenici of New Mexico, who passed away September 13 in Albuquerque. It was a privilege to call Pete a friend and to work with him as a Senate colleague and member of the Appropriations Committee…

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

This subcommittee will reconvene on Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at 10:30 a.m.