It is exciting, as someone who grew up during the Vietnam War, to see the positive relationship that we now have with Vietnam, and hoping to build on that.

I really salute the administration's commitment to those--to the four programs: So one is the dioxin cleanup, one is the disabilities with children, and a third is continuing the demining, and the fourth is the Wartime Accounting…

I have submitted a request for this budget to include some dedicated funds for supporting folks who advocate for, and support environmental defenders, we are just trying to understand better how it can be most effective.

Democrats are committed to the proposition that it should not cost hundreds of dollars and many more hours of time simply to follow the law and to pay what you owe.

The numbers paint a clear picture. Last year, the IRS was able to answer 15 percent of the phone calls it got. This year, it was 87 percent.

Apparently, if he does not get what he wants, he is willing to let this country go through a catastrophic default.

The Congress ought to take a smarter approach.

The official estimate says that $540 billion of taxes owed go unpaid each year.

Democrats made a big investment in taxpayer service with the Inflation Reduction Act, and it goes without saying that now the American people have a right to know what they got with that investment.

I have submitted a request for this budget to include some dedicated funds for supporting folks who advocate for, and support environmental defenders.

I really salute the administration's commitment to those--to the four programs: So one is the dioxin cleanup, one is the disabilities with children, and a third is continuing the demining, and the fourth is the Wartime Accounting…

It is exciting, as someone who grew up during the Vietnam War, to see the positive relationship that we now have with Vietnam, and hoping to build on that.

We have seen more and more environmental defenders slaughtered across the globe, 1,733 environmental defenders killed in the last decade.

The limitation of access to vital rodenticides would harm America's public health, food supply, and infrastructure, not protect them.

Our national forests are faced with an incredible challenge.

the next time that we have really bad wildfires, it is not just going to be 4,000 homes. It will be one of our urban areas, and it will make the Paradise California Fire look like a campfire.

We are nickel and diming and arguing over continuing this contracting with the Oregon Department of Forestry and the BLM because we have a limited amount of money that we put up front for forest fire prevention.

I hope the Bureau is going to protect all of us taxpayers and the water users below that dam from the deferred maintenance costs of the dam.