Chuck Fleischmann: “In all due respect, Mr. Inspector General, a recreation, your words, is--and in my words--a staging, a restaging.”

This regional commission helps distressed communities across Alaska with basic infrastructure, like water and sewage systems and power generation. For similar reasons as the previous amendments, I respectfully urge a ``no'' vote, and I…

Other parts of the country are having brownouts. It is so important who governs.

My objections to this amendment mirror my objections to the previous amendments to cut funding for regional commissions. I respectfully urge a ``no'' vote on the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.

You stepped up at a time when we really needed a hero to lead TVA.