Marcy Kaptur

The only way to win this fight is to strengthen defenses the Brandon Road Lock and Dam near Joliet, Illinois.

While the mistreatment of migrants is inexcusable, I would be remiss if I did not also recognize the dedication and commitment of the vast majority of women and men of the Department of Homeland Security.

However, there are also proposals you should not expect to see funded in the House bill.

I cannot remember a time when there was less consensus about immigration and border security.

Unfortunately, that is getting harder and harder to do.

I want to be clear that, absent any enacted law to effect such a transfer, this subcommittee will continue to include funding for the Secret Service in its bill.

Within my subcommittee's Energy and Water accounts, the bill provides over $21 million for the Department of Energy to provide technical assistance help restore and rebuild the electric grid in Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories. These…

The Department of Defense needs to step up, and they need to take responsibility and work with you to remediate this problem.

You can't prevent if you haven't detected.

I have a lot of concerns about the way that this is moving forward.

Can you give us a sense of your own knowledge of that region of the world and what more we can do, working with NATO, working with you, to counter Russia's control of the Black Sea region?

I can guarantee you, when these individuals come home, the ability of our veterans system to respond is not as crisp as it should be.

In 2021, the Army budget request $44 million cut to the Army's environmental restoration account.

I was extremely impressed with the Intrepid Center up at Walter Reed. That is the beginning of a coherent societal response.

I would like to ask the Army Reserve's role in the support of the Futures Command with the 75th Reserve Innovation Command.

I would like to ask you to give the subcommittee an overview of the process in which you engage with the commercial sector.

I don't think we should cut any having to do with workforce development, so we might try to fix this.

What are the results of the latest air quality tests, including the results from any independent tests conducted?

We are dealing with something we do not completely understand...

The deep cuts are unrealistic and will result in a failure to address our Nation's most pressing challenges.

Are we still on track to complete the project with the total estimated cost of $922 million?

Thank you very much.

So I would appreciate your getting back to us as soon as you can.

Thank you for that clarification.

There is not a sheriff that I meet with... and they say at the top of the list is mental illness.