Jack Reed

This includes the elimination of critical infrastructure programs like Choice Neighborhoods, HOME, and the Community Development Block Grant.

The fiscal year 2019 budget request before us seems to fall short of these goalposts and these objectives.

Will you commit to ceasing all efforts by the EPA to block the ATSDR assessment from becoming public and instead support its immediate release?

I would guess that this is not the first time that in transportation projects multiple sources, including multiple Federal sources, have been used.

Can we expect, that all of the funds that we've appropriated, will be expeditiously deployed?

The program has absolutely critical strong bipartisan support.

Thank you very much, Madam Chairman, and thank you again, Madam Secretary, for your work at the department.

As a result of the bipartisan budget agreement that President Trump signed, we set aside sequester spending levels and freed up significant amounts of new defense and non-defense discretionary dollars.

Thank you, Chairman Collins. Secretary Chao, thank you very much for being here, and we look forward to your testimony today.

It's imperative, in my judgment, that Congress retain annual oversight of the FAA in order to maintain the safety and efficiency of our Nation's airspace, particularly in rural communities that rely on general aviation.

Cyber is the number one topic in every conversation I have with anyone in the building.

We have a system that doesn't work, but we have a contract and we've got to buy the thing anyway.

I think in Rhode Island a few years ago, thought we were at that moment, and in fact, ironically and unfortunately, our homelessness population of veterans is going up.

We owe a great deal to our veterans, and it is, I think, discouraging to all of us when we see them without adequate housing, and too many of them are in that situation.

Well, you know, again, my concern is that it is more than close, and particularly, you point out some of the higher-price areas of the country where the--if you could consider even increasing the voucher, that would make a difference, but…

I would urge you to get an outside review also.

I think this has to be enforced aggressively.

The men and women of TRANSCOM perform duties that sustain the whole Department of Defense effort in protecting our nation's security.

I just do not think we have the time to do that.

I think it is important for us to negotiate in a powerful way, but recognizing that the alternative of who they are going to be doing business with is of great concern to me.

I think you already know that if such a deal was proposed where the Saudis would not be liable to and required to adhere to this standard, I would oppose it and I think many others would too.

This appearance I hope fulfills that recommendation and becomes a recurring part of the committee's posture hearings.

I do not think we will sit back and wait 'til they threaten to use a nuclear device.

I believe that Japan will be supportive of the outcome. They share our concerns about the trustworthiness of North Korea.

Success in the proposed talks will require consistent strategic messaging, close coordination with our partners in China, and increased diplomatic capacity.