The work that they do here to help our hospitality industry is just incredible.

I am thankful that our partners in Congress, including Congresswoman Titus, are actively engaging to ensure resources, staffing, and innovative processes and practices needed allow our Federal partners to keep up with our growing demand.

I can tell you, there are a lot people out there cutting ribbons and holding up big checks that they got from us and they forget to invite us to the party.

With international travelers, here at Harry Reid, they often land--these planes land in the middle of the night and then the people are left on the tarmac because there is nobody to receive them, nobody to check their papers.

I am so pleased to have you all in my district to discuss the important work Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) are doing.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for bringing your committee here.

It is critical that we ensure no tourist or visitor is discouraged from traveling to our country because of processing delays or long wait times.

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I want it to get built, and I want you to speed that up. We have been working on it 40 years.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Mr. Secretary.

I think having this office with the resources it needs to do that will be commendable and recognized as such by our friends and allies.

In this country, 18-to 25-year-olds are the least likely to vote.

What is the State Department doing with our partners along kind of the southern plank of NATO to assist them or increase trade or work on the pipeline, whatever?

I stand to add my voice to the bipartisan chorus of support for this bill, including the chairman of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Mr. DeFazio; Ranking Member Graves; and the ranking member of my subcommittee, Mr…

I thank the chairman for yielding time. The SPEED Recovery Act will expedite the approval process for FEMA's small projects within the Public Assistance Program, or PA program. I am proud to join Chairman DeFazio, Ranking Member Graves…

They always say, well, if we had an alternative with the U.S., we would do that.

please come to us if there's something that Congress can do that you cannot do internally.

I so appreciate you, Administrator, for mentioning our bill, Mr. Katko's and my bill about creating this reserve force.

This significant piece of legislation will facilitate historical resources and incentives to help American communities invest in cost-effective, risk reducing disaster mitigation efforts.

Smart investments in lifeline infrastructure and community resilience are the best way to address the threat of worsening disasters.

But having that consistency, I think, is important.

Mitigation cannot be effective unless it is fairly distributed across all communities.

I hope the House will take a positive step today by passing the bipartisan Resilient America Act.

We are trying to do away with that, and have a more equitable policy.

Chairman Titus and Ranking Member Webster are to be commended for leading the subcommittee in prioritizing the need for disaster mitigation and resilience investments.