This was a theme of a House Finance committee mtg last week, when an amendment to cut $20m was proposed in response to DOC's massive budget increases. Shortly after, the House unanimously passed a bill to toughen penalties for an existing crime. It's not congruent.

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the confidence to drive a chevy malibu out in that is, really, something to aspire to

Yeah, I caught that. Incredibly insulting to the Alaskans who took time out of their day to go to the Cap. A lot of people are paid to be in that building, and the protesters aren't among them.

I'm getting a lot of inspiration these days from the way the Philadelphia Eagles confronted scabs during the 1987 strike; finding them at their hotels and trying to talk them out of it, blocking the entrances, and using the immortal Scab Busters truck

This isn't some storied government agency with an incredible track record. Its first year was the same as LeBron James' rookie year. And packaging together all these agencies, functionally, gives Congress way too much cover to overlook problems.

Thank you for taking time during the first week of session to say this, and express it so well.

Could not agree more. We hear a lot of talk about military readiness and its strategic importance of the Arctic, especially when it comes to securing $. Time to see if that position is malleable or not.