Continued rail operation through these ports is critical for both our local economy and the Nation at large.

There is absolutely no safe threshold to diesel, which is why we need to transition to zero-emission operations.

Every day in this Chamber, as Members of Congress, Republicans and Democrats do the hard work of the House and the people that we represent. We rely heavily on the great staff, people that have dedicated themselves to service, to help us…

I appreciate the work that has been done on the underlying bill. I rise on behalf of my amendment No. 60 to H.R. 8774, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for 2025. My amendment specifies that the United States Navy shall use…

The data that my friend from California is trying to protect is data that has been proven, and I want to thank Dr. Howell for coming out and acknowledging this as data that has shown that it had projected over 30 percent over-fishing…

Our free citizens, by a ratio of 97 percent, choose to work for companies that are not involved with union labor.

I do not oppose unions. I support freedom. I do not oppose our President. I oppose oppressive actions out of our executive branch.

I support it. I think it is a good idea.

Just to clarify for the American people, what we are dealing with is an executive order from the President, which has resulted in rules being written and mandated through government projects, major government projects that impact every…

We do not oppose unions. We support freedom. We oppose oppression of rights and individual liberties.

The American people don't go home before their job is done, so why should Congress? In the nearly five decades that our current appropriations process has been in place, Congress has passed all 12 appropriations bills only four times--four…

The President of the United States issued an executive order saying 90 percent of the workforce of American people does not qualify for these government bids. It is quite unrighteous.

I don't think that is enough. We need to do more.

We were able to fish in recent years 250 days, yet doing it with improved data.

We are going to do it.

If our data is more accurate, we need to use the data with more specificity, and that is exactly what our bill does.

I would like to move that up, and I will do everything I can to do that.

These investments, among many other Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funded projects, will be transformational for my district in helping us reduce our air pollution, increase our resilience to the impacts of the climate crisis, and create…