Thad Cochran: “I am pleased to be one of the sponsors of this bill, the Campaign Disclosure Parity Act.”

Mr. Chairman, let me join you in congratulating our panel here and the participation you're bringing to this challenge.

Ensuring that the Corps has adequate funding to meet its responsibilities is a high priority of mine.

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…

I am concerned that the 22 percent funding cut proposed for NIH could negatively affect longstanding research endeavors.