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How fundamental could it be that one should be able to decide -- a woman should be able to control her own body? How fundamental is that?

Then there’s no longer a constitutionally protected right for a woman to have control over her own body.

There are already bills to do that, as you probably know. And this is why, when the court is so far to the right, and it’s no longer, in my view, an objective court on so many of these issues, then we talk about expanding the court.

I think we have to assume will go in the direction that the far right, sort of religious right wants it to go, that it would be like the dog catching the car.

I rise today to reintroduce the `I Am Vanessa Guillen Act' that addresses longstanding systemic problems in the way that the military responds to sexual harassment and sexual assault. I thank Representative Speier and Representative Mullin…

Today it is with overwhelming pride that I rise to congratulate the 2021 NCAA Men's Volleyball National Champions of the University of Hawaii. In Columbus, Ohio this past Saturday, the Rainbow Warriors dominated Brigham Young University in…

We should make policy to make sure that this happens regardless of who is in charge of the state government in a particular place.

Programmatic environmental review is, in my view, one of the sweet spots maintaining the integrity of NEPA but making things work a little bit better.

one of the most constructive things that may be able to happen, going forward, is if the four, the testifiers would continue a dialogue because the opportunity for cross-pollination of really smart ideas is really extraordinary.

Every day that we fail to act we become more vulnerable.

If you could give us one piece of advice as it relates to the Federal Department of Transportation being nimble enough to accommodate all of this new technology, what would that piece of advice be?

$8 billion is not nearly enough for DOT's resiliency investments over a five-year period.

But if you are trying to drive Federal policy as it relates to climate resilience, then that worries me a bit.

Thank you very much. I want to thank our staff, the ranking member, all of the members, and especially the testifiers. This was a really constructive hearing.

We need to build back better to be more resilient.

Today's oversight hearing, the third in this Committee's COVID-19 Response series, will focus on the pandemic's impact on Native tourism economies.