David Price

Real lives are at stake.

It is important not only for the Government to have the resources accurately to forecast the weather but also for Americans to be able to trust the Government's forecast and warnings during a disaster.

Will you pledge today before all of us to do everything in your power to help restore trust in our government and only disseminate information that is accurate?

We have to stick to facts and support the science, even if scientific evidence lead to conclusions that are not politically advantageous.

Since March 2019, this administration has cut or withheld almost all foreign assistance, including humanitarian assistance, to the Northern Triangle countries.

It seems that it would be in our national interests to try to address the root causes of this out migration.

I, frankly, don't understand why the administration refuses to stand behind commitments or make investments that could harness the power of U.S. businesses to innovatively address this challenge

the administration's repeated attempts to end cooperation with multilateral organizations threaten our economic and national security and weaken our global influence and credibility

I think the only way that you begin to restore people's faith in government there is you need some kind of special prosecutor on corruption.

Governance is basic to everything else.

the administration's fiscal year 2021 budget request, which proposes unsustainable cuts of nearly 20 percent for foreign assistance, demonstrates once again that the administration just does not value the impact of the global economy on…

I want to see some presence, some footprint of USAID in The Gambia.

I am worried about the message we send to the rest of the world by reneging on prior commitments

This subcommittee knows that the unmet needs in our community our communities are immense.

Maybe we should stop helping the top 1 percent, and start helping the poor working-class communities across America that are the backbone of our economy.

we passed such a bill in the House. The sponsor was Representative Chuy Garcia, passed in September, sitting on Mitch McConnell's desk.

It is especially disappointing to see the Department continue to push a deeply flawed rule making seeking to roll back fuel efficiency standards.

I urge the Department to reverse course.

If there is more information of that sort, clarifications, we will welcome that as we compile the hearing record.

What kind of authorities are located in this position and how does it operate up and down the line?

Survivors of natural disasters need assistance and support, not rhetoric about how messed up their government is, not politics, not bureaucracy.

We simply must do better.

We must also make forward-looking investments in new services across all modes, including projects that expand inner city passenger rail.

It is insanity that we would continue to push against what Congress has already been very, very clear about, that we do not support those cuts.

We are hopeful that we will meet this statutory deadline, but there is a broader problem that we need to address.