I have valued your partnership on the myriad of Corps regulatory issues we have worked on in the past.

I appreciate that the administration's 'skinny budget' called for quadrupling clean energy research over the next 4 years.

thank you, Chairman, for inviting me to sit in.

I am proud to represent the only marine lab in the DOE complex.

The timely execution of SIOP is vital to the Navy's mission, to the security of the work being done in the yards, and to our national security.

I request that you include $75 million for the Defense Community Infrastructure Program in the upcoming National Defense Authorization Act.

There is plenty of work that is ready to roll.

It is why I have spent most of my adult life trying to figure out how to make sure we are doing a better job of helping communities.

I appreciate the opportunity to share with you persistent concerns that face the district I have the honor of representing.

As a Nation, I believe that we need an economic opportunity agenda that empowers communities, that spurs widely shared economic growth, and increases local earnings, so that our communities can get a real leg up.

Thank you for hosting today's Member Day hearing and for your leadership.

I appreciate the opportunity to share with you the persistent concerns that face the district I have the honor of representing.

And again, I thank you for your leadership and for the opportunity to speak before the committee today.

I look forward to working with you to incorporate this proposal, the Build Back Better Act, so that we can finally provide the long-term, dedicated support these communities need to create sustained job growth and economic opportunity.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Chairman Yarmuth and Ranking Member Smith, thank you for hosting today's Members' Day Hearing and for your leadership.

As a first step the Select Committee recommended requiring an annual fiscal State of the Nation.

A strong bipartisan process can generate Member buy-in, and that is enormously important when it comes to reaching a deal.

The Select Committee's guiding principle is to make Congress work better so it can better serve the American people.

When we work on a recovery package or an infrastructure package in the weeks and months ahead, it is important that it doesn't simply amplify existing inequities between communities that have enjoyed tremendous economic growth and others…

We understood that process reforms alone can't force Congress to reach budget deals, but process matters because it determines how we enact policy.

I know that resource limitations have impacted operations service wide, and that is something our committee has been working to address.

I am proud to lead a bill here in Congress called the PUGET SOS Act to ensure that the Federal Government steps up to be a better partner that State and Tribal and local entities need to save our sound and to assist some of those regional…

I will be personally involved in how we can get some more directed resources to build that important leverage and collaborative capacity.

I am hoping that something can be done in a more comprehensive way for Tribes in these circumstances.

I am so grateful for your longstanding partnership on advancing this essential priority.