Dan Newhouse

I would suggest that you step up that training and make it available to the folks up in Washington.

I still have some questions about that, but my time has expired. Thank you.

I would just like to ask some questions about the necessity of a new office to respond to climate.

How does this proposal specifically support emergency managers and first responders in these small and rural communities?

I would also like to, through you, extend my thanks to the agents and officers and analysts, attorneys, everybody that works under you for the hard work that they do to mitigate transnational threats and keep our community safe.

I am concerned about what is going on at the border.

A noble goal. A vital part of a community's ability to manage future events is the ability for the state, and the local, and the tribal public safety agencies to have reliable and secure communications.

How do you and the administration plan to protect our food security at the time that the majority of our foods served on our tables becomes imported from other countries.

If producers are expected to absorb these costs, how do you expect them to stay in business?

The rule as finalized is overly burdensome and costly to our nation's producers.

Do you believe that the ability of a nation to feed itself is inherently more secure than a nation that relies on imports to feed its citizens.

Fentanyl floods across the Southwest border. It doesn't stay in border communities, however. It spreads throughout the country and is destroying lives.

I wanted to also thank Mr. Simpson for his help on the Urban Canal Modernization Act.

I would admonish as well that the public utility districts have to be partners in this.

I have got to tell you, impacted stakeholders--this is the biggest question I get the most often.

Are you, through this recommendation, admitting that the administration is recommending policies that represent de facto breaching of the dams?

If it comes to fruition, the results will be catastrophic.

I believe the preservation of the four Lower Snake River Dams is absolutely critical and important to the State of Washington.

You need to stop just allowing them to be released, and you have to have true consequences for the crimes that are being committed.

The alarming rate of illegal border crossings and the impact that it is having across this nation just proves every single day...

I think this topic that we are talking about today is the No. 1 issue facing our nation today.

I appreciate your positive comments, but also look forward to working with you to make sure it accomplishes what we want it to.

The Root and Stem Project Authorization Act is a common-sense, bipartisan proposal that would help to get more collaborative forest restoration projects through the environmental review process.

I appreciate the opportunity to testify in support of my bill, H.R. 674, which is called the Root and Stem Project Authorization Act.

There is no amount of funding that will solve our need for greater forest management achievements.