Dina Titus

The role of the legislature holding the executive branch accountable to the highest legal and ethical standards

I’d like to ask unanimous consent to enter into the record a statement from the Department of Housing and Urban Development as well as a memo dated September 17, 2019, from the HUD inspector general to the HUD Secretary.

GSA Deputy Administrator, Submitted for the Record by Hon. Dina Titus

They tried messing in the election in Greece and in Macedonia over the name change to try to prevent Macedonia from moving forward with the NATO accession.

In addition to this committee, I serve on the House Democracy Partnership where we partner with legislatures in other countries with budding democracies.

I support all the measures before us today and I am a co-sponsor of several of them.

It is now more important than ever that the Federal Government take preventive steps to curb its carbon footprint.

Those are not mutually exclusive goals.

I am encouraged to hear all of you with a positive commitment to doing even more, but also with the recognition that a lot has been done.

But some of it has to do with locating the building. In many places around the country outside of Washington the location of a Federal building has to do with the development in that area.

Well, I know we had $92 million for damages after Hurricane Florence, and that is just for Federal buildings.

With the increasing threat of climate change, it is now more important than ever that the Federal Government take preventive steps to curb its carbon footprint.

It is imperative that the government lead by example to achieve efficiency in construction and operation practices for buildings.

How about more diversity among the TSO staff themselves?

I think a better chart would give us percentages or break it down by--I don't know what, but this doesn't really give me too much information.

I represent Las Vegas, and so it distresses me to see McCarran on this list of top airports where you have complaints.

Disaster resilience starts with building codes, because they enhance public safety and property protection.

Members of both parties have urged a significant investment in our nation's infrastructure for some time.

A majority of the Congress is very alarmed at the increasing severity and costs of extreme weather.

Absolutely. Thank you for the suggestion.

You want transparency, one you want to be at the table, and one you want it sooner rather than later.

Thank you very much for staying, because this is a very important topic.

I am afraid we are down to 55 seconds to get over there and vote.

We will look to you for some assistance with that.

I mean, for Puerto Rico, it is the biggest amount of funds ever been approved, but we haven't received all of them because of this holdup in the deadline in October.