Social Security is more than a lifeline. It really is a promise we make to the American people.

A State-by-State, do-it-alone approach was, quote, 'inadequate in every vital aspect,' end quote.

I thank Mr. Guest for yielding. Mr. Chair, it is no secret to anyone in this room that the CCP is working around the clock to infiltrate and influence our institutions. In their attempts to undermine our economy and our livelihoods, they…

To make broad statements that projects are getting killed every day because of WOTUS does not actually line up with the facts.

Passing the Clean Water Act of 2023, a bill I introduced in partnership with Ranking Member Napolitano, would restore the historic, bipartisan protections that the Sackett decision removed.

It just seems to me, returning to a pre-Sackett system of uniform Federal protections would be better than a patchwork approach.

I thank the gentlewoman for sharing her experiences, and I hope those fires are extinguished soon. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Neguse), one of my colleagues who has been an incredible partner when it comes to…

I thank Representative Neguse. I cannot overstate what an excellent partner the gentleman has been to work with and to fight for managing our forests and for our firefighters. Madam Speaker, we feel that appreciation for our first…

I am so glad that my colleague, Representative Stansbury, mentioned the aftereffects of these wildfires. We all think about smoke and about forests, but we don't think about what happens when the rain comes and the mudslides that follow…

I just want to say that I am really honored to be here today to talk about wildfires and our firefighters, how noble they are, how much support they need, and how grateful we are to them. That is why we are devoting this hour to the topic…

If we are looking at ways in which the Federal Election Commission can be more effective, Representative Fitzpatrick and I have a bipartisan bill called the Restoring Integrity to America's Elections Act.

Social Security is more than a lifeline. It really is a promise we make to the American people.

After the Sackett decision, the robust Federal protections for our Nation's waters have been eliminated for more than 50 percent of wetlands and up to 70 percent of streams.

I thank the gentlewoman. I am so sorry to hear that she lost her own home in a wildfire, and I thank her for pointing out firewise and things that people can do to at least mitigate their own risk, although these fires are out of control…

It is more effective and less costly to prevent pollution than to clean up pollution.

I thank the lead sponsor of the bill, Mr. Carey, both for his leadership on this bill and for his partnership on the Modernization Subcommittee. Mr. Speaker, I have no further speakers, and I yield back the balance of my time.

The second bill we are considering today from the Modernization Subcommittee is H.R. 7593, the Modernizing the Congressional Research Service's Access to Data Act, which aims to address issues regarding CRS' access to Federal data. As with…

I don't have any additional speakers, and I yield back the balance of my time.