I'm calling for an investment of at least $40 billion for agricultural research and infrastructure, as well as agricultural innovation.

I'm looking forward to working with all of you and finding ways to address our shared priorities--such as supporting agricultural research, improving, and expanding the National Organic Program, and facilitating new developments in…

Now is the time to invest in these land-grant universities--our incubators for talent, outreach, and agricultural innovation.

I am excited to continue to work with our panel of witnesses

Clean offshore energy... will be a critical component of rapidly transitioning away from polluting fossil fuels.

We can expect that investment to be paid back many times over through healthier fish stocks, reduced storm damages, and climate mitigation that we desperately need.

I am pleased that the Committee is holding today's hearing on the important issue of improving our coastlines and oceans.

I strongly support the provision in the OBCSA that would set a national goal of 30 GW of offshore wind production by 2030.

That's 60% more jobs than the coal mining industry provided in 2019.

Healthy coastal ecosystems provide critical social and environmental benefits in addition to playing important roles to the fishing industries and broader economies of coastal communities across the country.

Investing in coastal restoration is good policy. It is not just the right thing to do for the environment; it is the right thing to do for coastal communities, vulnerable coastal populations, and the U.S. economy.

We cannot rely heavily on wild fish to feed our growing world population.

Our response to these losses needs to address the causes of decline and accelerate recovery through the restoration and resilience projects that my bill, H.R. 660, would authorize.

Since I have assurances from both the chairwoman and the committee that they will continue to work with us to ensure that U.S. territories are not treated as tax havens but that we are, in fact, individuals who intend and continue to…

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 41, line 8, insert ``means'' after `` `tax jurisdiction' ''. Page 41, line 9, strike ``means''…

Today I rise in support of my bill, H.R. 3434, the Territories Health Equity Act of 2021. This bill will address the existing inequalities the territories face under Medicaid, Medicare, and other Federal health programs. Importantly…

It is spring, the beginning of summer, but it is also Caribbean-American Heritage Month this June. It brings me great pride to join Virgin Islanders and other Caribbean people across the country in celebrating Caribbean-American Heritage…

The Virgin Islands of the United States sits at the most southern, most easterly point of the United States. Because of this geographic position and its proximity to South America and its almost sentry lighthouse position to the rest of…