The other benefit to vote by mail in our state is we have ballot initiatives, you know, and people have to read those ballot initiatives.

this week, the Senate debates whether to end two authorizations of the use of military force against Iraq. Congress passed the first authorization in 1991 for the original Gulf war, a strategic and narrowly scoped campaign to liberate…

I deeply appreciate that.

I was pleased to see that, as part of these bills, there was an increase in funding for inspector generals' offices, for the most part, and to do this work, because I think it is important work.

I implored people to get to the vote--to get to the polls so they could deprive the Chair of her talking point.

I am pro-forest management, which would certainly help with reduce of carbon emissions that are emitted with the catastrophic wildfires.

In this subcommittee, we have a responsibility to examine critical issues of U.S. foreign policy and national security.

If somebody tried to take away vote by mail in my state, they would be run out of town for doing that.

I was dismayed to hear that you did not receive the funding that you need to do your job. And I was pleased to hear that at least some of that funding is included in President Biden's budget this year.

It is really unfortunate to hear energy crisis stories, energy poverty stories where a mother has to choose between feeding her family or paying the electric bill.

I didn't prepare a speech today. I brought the bill to the floor because I have great empathy for my colleague on the other side of the aisle who has the unenviable task of somehow trying to defend this 200-page bill, the polluters over…

the minority intends to make sure that there is no waste, fraud, or abuse in these programs

Do you think that the Biden Administration's proposal to place a ban on gas stoves nationwide will reduce energy prices for people in my district?

I thank the gentleman, who is doing a great job as chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, for yielding. Madam Chair, what should be crystal clear by now is that our friends across the aisle do not have solutions to the energy…

I would suggest, Madam Chair, that we actually have hearings directed at specific programs.

These huge investments are necessary to take on the unprecedented challenges that our country faces, from climate change to healthcare costs to competition in global markets.

Nobody in Colorado would accept compromised security, and we do not.

The other benefit to vote by mail in our state is we have ballot initiatives, you know, and people have to read those ballot initiatives.