"I appreciate your statement in terms of having the Federal Government step up and meet its treaty obligations."
"I just wanted to give an opportunity to Chairman Johnstone, or Chairman Allen, or both to speak a bit about two programs that get funded through this subcommittee that really matter, one the BIA Right..."
"Our committee over the course of the last two Congresses passed 202 bipartisan recommendations."
"A lot of the discussion in the Speaker's race around getting back to regular order presumes that we can have functional committees."
"I think that is a really big deal."
"the concerns of my community just aren't being heard."
"I just plead with you to take a look at what is happening in our region, to look at the impact on readiness, on sailors, and on their families, because, you know, sitting across from a sailor who misc..."
"I hope so. We are meeting with the new DHA leader later today, and I think my message primarily is going to be our region is being failed right now."
"For my State to meet the demand for housing, we would have to build about 50,000 new homes a year just to keep up with demand."
"I really think this is a readiness issue."
"The average wait time is between 3 months and a year."
"We have heard pretty consistent concerns in our neck of the woods just regarding how hard these shipyard periods can be for our sailors, and I just want to make sure we are doing all we can."