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We write to reiterate our unified support for the Red and Purple Lines in Maryland and continued commitment to ensuring the success of these critical projects.

I am proud of the extraordinary work our principals and teachers do every day to educate and inspire our Fifth District students.

On Memorial Day, we remember the brave men and women who gave their lives in service to our nation and in defense of our liberty.

I was pleased to have Secretary Jewell, who has been an outstanding spokesperson for America's natural resources and a fighter for conservation, visit Douglas Point today.

I rise in support of this sixty-day extension, because it's essential that we do this. The consequences of not doing it would be very, very negative. But I also rise to lament the fact that we have gone ten months knowing full well that this date was upon us and that, theoretically we thought, that funding as well as authorization would end on the 31st of this month.

I am honored to be here today to celebrate the graduates; to thank President Jordan, the faculty, and staff; and to express my joy to the parents, siblings, and extended family who are gathered here to mark this wonderful occasion.

For 34 years, I have been a strong supporter of bipartisan defense authorization bills passed by Congress, but I could not vote for the defense authorization bill passed today because it doubles down on the policy of sequestration and undermines our national security.

I was deeply saddened to learn of the tragic derailment last night in Philadelphia.