David Price

Mahalo for your time and consideration.

I am glad to see that President Biden has rolled that back.

The Trump administration, I think it is fair to say, weaponized that program, expanded it greatly.

I remember when I first became chair of this subcommittee some years ago, we had a hearing with ICE.

Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz, you alluded to this need in your testimony during last week's Quality of Life Hearing, and I appreciate your advocacy.

The last thing members or our military should be concerned about is being able to provide childcare while a spouse is working, or service member is deployed.

I implore you to see what is at stake here as Fort Bragg needs this investment to be able to respond to the next global crisis.

We are asking a heck of a lot of our teachers and our staff while paying them too little.

We have got a bill that creates incentives for teachers to stay in the profession.

We have about 4,100 unfilled teaching positions, paraprofessionals, other staff.

We have got to do something legislatively and play a role in helping to get our Nation in a better place.

I think this is an indispensable national priority that I think we just got a serious lesson how important these investments are.

This won't be the last one we see. We know that the biosphere will continue to throw things at us.

We have lost a million Americans in a year, or 18 months or so. That is an extraordinary thing.

If the resources aren't there early and often, you don't have the resources.

I want to stress that each dollar invested in the NIH is, in my view, a down payment on our future.

I fear this work may be short-changed by the hyperfocus on the new ARPA-H.

I certainly pledge to work with my friends across the aisle to rebuild a bipartisan coalition of support for basic science and research.

I fear that the mistrust in our Government public health system has eroded to a dangerous level.

I strongly believe that ARPA-H would be more successful in its unique mission if it were established as an independent agency within Health and Human Services.

I absolutely agree. And we will hope to prove that in the weeks ahead.

This is a tool that has been used very successfully by major housing authorities in North Carolina.

I am gonna be extremely, extremely selfish, and I want it all to myself, Mr. Price.

I noted in my opening statement that, like Amtrak Joe, I consider myself an advocate for passenger rail.