In my home state of Colorado... we are seeing the economy shift more and more to recreation and the outdoors.

But 3 weeks ago, the Administration said in front of the Senate that it was going to go ahead and do oil and gas leasing.

Sometimes we feel that this Administration, their default view is to issue oil and gas leases, and then to look at the appropriateness later.

Sir, excuse me. You are not answering my question.

But how do you do that? Do you assume that it is going to be appropriate for oil and gas, and then look at it?

OK. And the values, what determines what the values are?

I look forward to working with my colleagues in Congress toward breaking down these educational barriers to entry and expand the American workforce.

We need to have an Export-Import Bank. The ideological arguments that have been made by some people in the Administration... make no sense.

All of this work means nothing if we don't take real concrete action to address the cause of climate change and reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.

I believe you attributed that in part to the private sector, private markets. And of course, I agree that the private sector, of course, has a role.

I thank the ranking member for his remarks, for articulating the need for this amendment, and for his support. I very much appreciate it. Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. McHENRY. Madam Chair, I urge a ``yes'' vote…

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 40, after line 8, insert the following: SEC. 9. REPORT ON SENIOR CONSUMERS. Section 1016 of the…

I believe these communities are smarter and stronger than before. But it is important to note, as we have rebuilt, ultimately, resiliency was not a choice; it was a necessity.

So we are really looking now for the Federal Government to step up with the resources so that communities can do these plans better in an inclusive way with the stakeholder process that includes a wide variety of perspectives.

I first want to join my colleagues in thanking Chairwoman Waters for her leadership for so many years and, in particular, her leadership in bringing this bill to the floor. We are here today to reinstate the powers of the Consumer…

I think that is the role of this committee and ultimately the Congress from a Federal policymaking standpoint.

US citizens are already experiencing acute impacts from that global warming.

The climate crisis is here. And we need to act like it.