Thank you so much, Mr. Chairman, for your leadership throughout this crisis and for providing the Committee with a number of different ways...

But I too issue my disgust with the murder of Mr. Floyd.

I note that--I saw Senator Rick Scott from Florida saying yesterday that, while he would support funds going to state governments, that he thought they ought to only go to those states that were impacted and had expenses directly related…

I am grateful for those members of law enforcement who have allowed peaceful protests to go on.

I also want to express, too, my condolences to the Floyd family and what this country is going through.

I want to echo what my colleague, Mr. Panetta, said.

With so much uncertainty in our future, families shouldn't have the additional burden of worrying about the state of their healthcare. Unfortunately, though, COVID-19 has only further exposed the cracks in our healthcare system and forced…

The Defense budget is 15 percent of all federal spending, and that encompasses a vast array of programs that the nation depends on for stability.

I am concerned the industrial base is beginning to fall behind in the United States, and we need to make significant investments.

Unfortunately, because of the way in which the benefits of federal flood control projects are calculated, it has been difficult to receive federal recognition and support for initiatives that could raise the level of flood protection…

I fully support the efforts by Chairman DeFazio to ensure that this funding is unlocked in order to help address needs in the Great Lakes and across the nation.

the cost of doing nothing is greater than the cost of doing something.