Jeanne Shaheen

It is critical to our tourism industry and to the whole economy of the seacoast.

What we are hoping is that this project that will widen the turning basin is something that will move forward.

The Piscataqua River is one of the fastest currents in the United States. It makes for a very challenging travel into the river and getting into port in Portsmouth.

I wanted to ask General Semonite about two projects that are pending in New Hampshire that have to do with both economic impact and safety impact.

Do you agree that the Federal Government has a responsibility to invest in workforce development and to continue funding these programs that have proved successful in improving employment rates and economic output in my state and many…

It's going to happen a lot sooner than 10 years.

I have both a personal and a policy interest in Type 1 diabetes.

The expansion of Medicaid and the ability to get Medicaid dollars... has been critical to how to respond.

The authority of funding the Federal Government is held by Congress and Congress alone.

These dollars help them do that. So can you please explain to this committee why we should cut support for critical energy efficiency programs that are creating jobs, stimulating the economy, and helping to reduce energy bills for American…

I share the Chairman's negative view of this budget proposal, and I was especially disappointed that the President's budget calls for a 70 percent, seven-zero, cut to DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

Well, in New Hampshire, there is overwhelming public support for those Planned Parenthood centers, and I think that's true across the country.

But they don't have the capacity to provide for that coverage. And if the Planned Parenthood centers are providing good coverage for people, its preventive care, why do you want to shut them down?

During--in your budget, you would, for the first time under any President ever, totally cut all funding from going to Planned Parenthood.

But, Mr. Secretary, that isn't in effect what these cuts would do.

What do you tell those people who are in recovery who are getting treatment about what they should do when you cut off those Medicaid payments that are their sole means of getting help for their substance use disorders?

This budget goes in exactly the wrong direction. There's a 23 percent cut to SAMHSA.

The Trump administration is committed to bringing everything the Federal Government has to bear on this epidemic.

I know that you have been to New Hampshire, and you appreciate that next to West Virginia, we are the State with the highest percentage of overdose deaths in the country.

This is not about paying less taxes. This is about spending less time and energy on taxes and knowing we are doing them right.

Our tax code is in desperate need of reform. It is too long, too complex, and it creates a burden on middle-class families and small businesses across this country.

This is an important hearing as we look at how we can remove burdens of our tax code on small business.

The challenge I think we have is making sure, as there are serious discussions about tax reform, that small businesses are at the table

If they build the conditions, our businesses will come

It is not beneficial in those efforts for us to be looking at a budget that would cut dramatically our support for those efforts