Mike Gallagher

We have long been willing to work across party lines to modernize this institution.

I believe it is his wife's birthday. That is more important.

Clarifying strategic ambiguity has bipartisan support on this committee.

I think it is critical.

I don't think the Chinese Communist Party would hesitate to shoot down an American asset that was in their airspace.

For me, it's the latter. It's consumer protection.

I think a simple rule is, and I actually asked Jack Dorsey, when he ran Twitter, to do this, if your government doesn't allow your citizens access to the platform, we're going to deny your government officials access to that same platform.

I do think more transparency around the algorithms is necessary.

I think the comparison is apt for at least two reasons. One, it's highly addictive and destructive and we're seeing troubling data about the corrosive impact of constant social media use.

What if they start censoring the news, right? What if they start tweaking the algorithm to determine what the CCP deems fit to print? That's incredibly dangerous.

So, to have a presence there most of the year, all year around, just projects U.S. national interests and projects our sovereignty over that area.

This is a signal. It is not unlike a signal that NATO provides, where we have multiple partners.

The pause of the U.S. involvement in the Arctic Council and the associated loss of international cooperation in the Arctic is troubling.

I fear we risk losing our dominance as an Arctic state if we don't take more aggressive action.

If we, as a nation, are serious about protecting U.S. life and sovereignty in the Arctic.

We don't want to follow the California model in the country, and we really don't want to impose that sort of one-size-fits-all bureaucratic, centrally planned approach to infrastructure.

I am not sure how that helped its productivity, but it was tossed out.

The new Acela trains are being manufactured in New York, creating 450 or so direct jobs in Hornell.

This equipment is the same age as I am. It has earned its retirement.

The 5 years of advance appropriations is essential for us to be able to re-fleet the entire network.

The IIJA funds to Amtrak really change the entire game for Amtrak's capital program.

As we talked about it on Panel 1, we have a major issue now with perceived lack of trust in leadership and in military justice.

The Department has used the IRC to legitimize a wave of new regulations with minimal involvement from the legislative branch.

I share your concerns about, let's say, the sense of urgency or lack thereof at times in addressing these challenges facing service members.

There are opportunities to improve that, though. Obviously, we need to improve compliance with cargo preference, and MARAD needs to be charged with being able to do that.