We should be exploring and investing in technologies that reduce pollutants and protect the long-term health of our planet.

Despite the White House's recent call for a new panel to review the science around climate change, the National Climate Assessment, along with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's recent report, these are the foremost documents…

Earth's climate is now changing faster than at any point in the history of modern civilization, primarily as a result of human activities.

Most of us agree that the climate is changing and we want to be good stewards of the Earth.

The impacts of global climate change are already being felt in the United States and are projected to intensify in the future.

Further, the severity of future impacts will depend largely on actions taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to the changes that will occur.

According to the U.S. Government's best scientists, we are not doing nearly enough to avoid substantial damage to our economy and human health from the impacts of climate change.

Puerto Rico has been devastated by recent hurricanes and the Federal Government, in partnership with the local government, are investing heavily in ecosystem restoration and repairing infrastructure.

Thank you to both.

addressing the seafood-trade deficit is one of our top priorities, as part of the Blue Economy Initiative

I find unacceptable is that you didn't come to the Congress, to this subcommittee, and openly discuss this budget situation

I am hoping, Mr. Aderholt, that every panel we have from now on agrees with each other as much as this.

the same day you submitted a rather glowing statement to this subcommittee, you sent an email out to EOIR staff stating that due to the increase in cost of interpreters you are potentially going to slow down the hiring of judges, cancel…

we want judges to be judges; we want them to judge, we don't want them to have to meet a quota or meet a time line in order to deal with justice.

Because from what we understand on the committee during the shutdown, many may not have been sent written notice after the shutdown that the cancellation now is over and they can be taken care of, or at least dealt with their issue.

no one likes children being separated from their parents.

does that qualify that we kidnapped their children if we did that?

an 850,000 person backlog that has increased 14 percent or more each year over the last 8 years might be an emergency, and it is okay to say that.