"the complete disregard that the agency has for the opinion of the people that are going to be impacted by it the most."
"I am horrified to hear that we have 600 students in mining education and that China has 1.4 million."
"I would like to go on the record to officially support Representative Owens' H.R. 2685, the Mining Schools Act of 2023."
"And if we put the ranchers out of business, what happens to the local automobile dealership, the grocery store? What happens to those businesses?"
"The system is marked by bureaucracy, regulatory capture, the revolving door, and impunity."
"American veterans and taxpayers are rightfully outraged when they read about billions of dollars being paid out year after year with nothing to show for it, to an industry that always seems to be rece..."
"Again, we continue to go back to the intent, and the intent is to utilize the economies of scale."
"Competition in contracting is a positive thing, and we need to incentivize this at the VA."
"Government contracting is supposed to be a level playing field. However, the VA's become a notoriously difficult, arbitrary client."
"To put it simply, the market is concentrating, spending is going up, and the number of companies receiving the contracts is going down."
"What you will not find in this system is much accountability."