As somebody who lives in rural Washington, the importance of supporting our rural entrepreneurs is an issue close to my heart and vital to our economic prosperity.

Thank you for being here, Inspector General Ware. It is great to have you back.

We have an obligation to ensure veterans receive the health care they need, and it has become apparent to me that the VA Puget Sound Health Care System is not keeping up their end of the bargain.

Remember when everyone was getting their catalytic converters stolen rampant everywhere?

Building out this infrastructure will ensure that rural communities are not disproportionately impacted and left behind in a changing market.

I sincerely appreciate the need to address the climate crisis on all fronts, but I want to ensure that we are not disproportionately impacting rural communities in my district.

I have been so proud to see MARAD select PAC Maritime as a Center for Excellence for domestic maritime workforce training and education.

I also support the efforts to expand the Airport Improvement Program so that airports can use funds for resiliency.

Protecting American workers and shipyards is crucial for both economic and national security.

This bridge is a critical stretch of I-5, and it has been rated functionally obsolete by the Department of Transportation.

The I-5 bridge over the Columbia River actually just celebrated its 107th birthday on Valentine's Day.

My district in southwest Washington has some infrastructure needs that are common to many districts, like repairing water systems, fixing our roads, and improving our freight railroads.

I strongly support the efforts to bolster workforce development programs through reauthorization.

My district is home to one of the largest, most complex, and most nationally important bridge replacement projects in the country.

We are actually 3,000 electricians short across West Virginia right now for just the work we need to do as a state.

We appreciate your consideration of the immense positive impact SNAP has on the lives of millions of Americans as well as its beneficial impact on the national economy and our nation's long-term financial sustainability.

I recently visited Pacific County, which sits on the Pacific Ocean, as the name suggests, on the western edge of my district.

I have also heard about challenges with ERP. Both rounds of ERP require crop insurance in order to access the funds.

In order to be eligible for the payments, the producer then has to identify which of their oysters are wild versus seed and to get this information verified.

I spoke with an oyster farmer who was so excited that aquaculture is now eligible for ELAP but that she and her fellow oyster farmers faced some challenges in accessing the program.

I would hope that the state of Florida enacts Amendment 4 as it was adopted by the people.

I would say H.R. 1. I think H.R. 1 contains many of the best thinking solutions to the problems that have been vexing elections and administrations for quite a number of years.

If we want people to be successfully reintegrating into our society, we need to make them a stakeholder.

Certainly. As could other measures that disenfranchise people as soon as they get out of prison.

If you are an eligible American, we want to bring you into the democracy, and we expect you to have an equal and fair opportunity to be voting.