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This legislative proposal is an excellent example of how local solutions can make a big difference in managing our environment and mitigating risk. The success of Christmas tree and firewood harvesting operations in Colorado are a…

May I inquire how much time is remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Colorado has 1 minute remaining.

It is so sad to hear my colleagues on the other side of the aisle hate Christmas. This would allow restoration of our forests. As I said, our forests are overgrown. This would allow a fun way for families to participate in healthy forest…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 38, after line 12, insert the following: ``(H) proposals that seek to facilitate the sale of firewood…

Let the beetle battle begin. The bark kill epidemic in Colorado and the western United States is a problem that we must address. I drive by these dying forests on a regular basis, and seeing the tinderbox that it has created is a huge…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 38, after line 12, insert the following: ``(H) proposals that seek to remove or treat insects or…

I thank the chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee for supporting this important amendment that supports our farmers and ranchers back home and reduces the hazardous fuels by allowing grazing to take place on our public lands…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 71, line 1, strike ``treatments'' and insert ``treatments, grazing,''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to…

I seem to recall just yesterday that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle had no problem meddling in NEPA to get their leftwing projects through CHIPS authorized. Mr. Chair, I would like to just highlight the drought that has…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 29, after line 3, insert the following: (B) in section 603(c)(2)(B) (16 U.S.C. 6591b(c)(2)(B)), by…

I urge my colleagues to support this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Colorado (Ms. Pettersen). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment…

I think AI is going to allow for that.

Personally, I think that is one of the--should be one of our absolute imperatives with a greater sense of urgency.

If we had watermarks, certainly we are not going to get everybody, but once you set the rules, you are going to get 98 percent.

We went back and looked at pretty much every job that we offer and basically downgraded almost half from saying you had to have a college degree.

However we work with teachers and teachers unions to make sure that we accelerate and amplify those opportunities is going to be powerful.

We want to make sure that workers aren't left behind.

That is something we can all promote--I love that story.