I think it is important to examine whether this DEI ideology is even factually true or whether it just serves to divide Americans.

the transition as though it was an impediment to dealing with critical issues in this country, as opposed to a goal that needs to be followed assertively and aggressively for the future.

So, this is ridiculous, what we are trying to do here.

the U.S. Government spends $649 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies, according to the International Monetary Fund.

We can actually outrun technology, can we not? We can actually outrun it.

I ask unanimous consent to submit reporting from 2014, 2016, 2018 alleging that Consumer Energy Alliance used people's names and addresses without their knowledge...

I think we also almost all agree that the Great American Outdoors Act was a great development, despite the fact that some members of this Committee voted against it.

Based on the OIG's findings in its September 2023 report on the National Park Service's (NPS) deferred maintenance management, please explain the primary reasons that NPS deferred maintenance costs have increased since Fiscal Year 2021.

I think the first observation is that the reason we are talking about deferred maintenance is because we deferred it to start with, and that is a result of chronic underfunding of the National Park Service over a long, long period of time.

we have seen in the Department of the Interior budget put forward by my Majority colleagues from Fiscal Year 2023 to Fiscal Year 2024, a reduction of about 13 percent in the National Park Service overall, and a 52 percent proposed cut in…

I wanted to do a little bit of an update, and I apologize for the three or four people who actually pay attention to the math. They will have seen some of this. Nevertheless, I have a point I want to try to make tonight. I am going to work…

I'm taking action to fix the migrant crisis, with the federal government will not.

The National Guard will head to multiple border locations including Lukeville where there's new video that shows hundreds of migrants in limbo.

I thank Representative Valadao for his words. Obviously, California is a border State as well, but we heard from Florida and Arizona. This is a top issue. As I was mentioning at the beginning of my remarks, this is the number one issue of…

I thank Mr. Biggs for his words and his work on this. As we close today's session, I will reemphasize something that I said at the beginning. This crisis, as much as we talk about this, and it is absolutely true on the national security…

I am a co-sponsor of this bipartisan bill and eager to get it move forward.

I appreciate my friend being here and speaking so passionately and also from experience on this, both personally and professionally, as we just heard. This is exactly what the issue here is. It is the need for partnership and…

That's certainly not the right response.