The Antiquities Act is a crucial land management tool to help ensure that we are able to protect these lands.

The State of Arizona and Mohave County simply cannot afford to lose any more land to the federal government.

I would make the argument that, if this is good enough for Harry Reid, it should be good enough for us.

Since his first day in office, President Biden has abused the authority of the Antiquities Act to add large swaths of acreage to the Federal estate, reducing public access in the process.

The public lands rule that we are discussing here today will help to bring us closer to the goal of a climate-resilient, ecologically intact, and culturally preserved landscape.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, it is a great privilege to be able to be here today to salute my friend, a fine man, a good man, and someone who has served our country so admirably over the course of these last 12 years in…

With overwhelmingly bipartisan support at that time from across the entire political spectrum, the U.S. Congress had finally spoken and clearly defined the disposition of public lands in northern Arizona.

New Mexico has boldly initiated a pilot conservation leasing program of its own under her leadership.

I think this is a program worth supporting and extending, so I am hopeful that my colleagues will support it.

Do you support the reauthorization of these programs?

I hope we can work toward bipartisan solutions to address our shared concerns regarding reduced wildfire risk.

I have been beating the drum here in Congress, of course, for years with respect to the comprehensive reforms that I think we need to get done, as described and articulated in my bill, the Tim's Act.

Do you support continuing to expand hydropower and officially recognizing it as a renewable energy source?

Representative Tokuda's Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act will help support ongoing efforts to address the fungal disease attacking native Ohia trees in Hawaii.

I want to thank Representative Tokuda for her leadership.

I am excited to continue to work with now-President Godes in his new role, along with the gentleman and Ranking Member from Colorado, to find creative solutions to address community housing needs like the Forest Service Flexible Housing…

By really focusing in on this kind of greed, what we are actually doing is ending drug companies' ability to make money by just extending the existing invention.

I am proud to introduce the Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act of 2023, alongside Senator Hirono.