"I can appreciate the problems that you certainly have. It is something that we have studied, and the combination of the animals and the land and trying to find where we have that perfect match."
"Certainly we want to help small businesses compete and able to be out there in the marketplace. But it requires having a competitive playing field."
"I applaud my colleagues for bringing the voices of their constituents to this hearing today."
"the Great Lakes are a national treasure and that we should make a national investment in them"
"I want to thank you for the acknowledgement of my being elevated to co-chair of the ICCF Caucus along with Madam Chair, Henry Cuellar and Jeff Fortenberry."
"The California IHS area is not receiving its fair share of purchased and referred care."
"It is paramount to pass legislation to renew the program."
"there is nowhere you see more bipartisan agreement and less getting done than infrastructure in the 7 years I have been here."
"I would like to see more of that sharing because I think the most important thing we can do is continue to work as a team."
"But our major concern is not that we won't fund EPA, but that EPA will get to do the work that it is intended to do."
"The Great Lakes are an international treasure, an economic powerhouse, and the GLRI is a model program for Federal, tribal, State, and local cooperation."