This is part of the Biden administration's Justice40 initiative.

We will need further research and innovation to develop zero-emission ships that will improve air quality and reduce climate pollution.

I am seeking relief for those northern New Jersey constituents who are having their lives disrupted by pervasive noise.

Unless we pay attention here, I am afraid that many qualified minority and women owned businesses will continue to be denied a fair opportunity to compete for work.

I strongly urge the committee to advance a bill I have cosponsored, the Safe and Quiet Skies Act.

I urge the Committee to build on work from the last two reauthorizations including provisions I championed to push the FAA to strengthen its DBE efforts.

I am asking the committee to prioritize rigorous oversight of the EPA's massively important State revolving funds, which received $50 billion in funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

It is the role of Congress to hold the Administration accountable, each Administration, to the American people.

I have had the privilege of going to Kenya just the other week and went to the front lines to see the starvation that is going on in the camps that are now bordering Kenya.

We will never atone for the sins of slavery. But a step in the right direction is purging our supply chains of slave labor, particularly in critical mineral mining and electric vehicle manufacturing.

It seems like we need a room full of people to talk about the continent, besides the Chinese are very specific on roads initiatives, ports initiative, mining initiatives.

The United States must stand with the people of Africa and for the principles of freedom and rule of law as China seeks to define a future for Africa in its authoritarian image.

I think in order to be more specific and to be more beneficial we have to talk about what are our priorities and where are we going.

The Kenyan shilling was 115 to the dollar 90 days ago. Now it is 145 to the dollar, which has put the debt burden on them.

The ambitions of the CCP has for Africa are the ambitions they have had for the United States. It is crucial we nip them in the bud.

As China seeks to define a future for Africa in its authoritarian image, the United States must stand for principles of freedom and the rule of law.

Turning the tide of decades of failed foreign policies with each Administration in the 21st century is not going to be an easy task.

Civilians must be protected. And I reiterate the call for humanitarian cease-fire.