we will not have a planet that is livable if we do not address global climate change for any communities

the United States has a fundamental responsibility, especially on the global scale, of addressing our emissions across every single sector

I introduced this legislation with our Ranking Member to improve the safety, accessibility, and quality of this national scenic trail.

if we are effective in implementing the policies that this body last Congress passed with the Inflation Reduction Act, ... then we will avert a global climate crisis

I introduced this legislation with our Ranking Member to improve the safety, accessibility, and quality of this national scenic trail.

Finally, with the Inflation Reduction Act and with the others that Congress passed, the President signed into law, are finally giving you the tools, which is people power, to get this done.

the initiatives that the Administration is leading to make sure that 40 percent of our Federal resources on the environment get to those communities that have been historically underinvested in is particularly essential to the future of…

all communities deserve to be protected in this country. They all deserve clean air. They all deserve clean water.

As I mentioned in my statement, the CDT, as it currently stands, has a number of gaps in its route.

I am from New Mexico, representing New Mexico, but also concerned with Latinos and communities who have been harmed by environmental injustice.

As I mentioned in my statement, the CDT, as it currently stands, has a number of gaps in its route.

The same way your work and the work of NEPA doesn't happen without the investments we have made to make sure that there are the professionals on the ground who can do these reviews more quickly.

We passed the most significant climate legislation ever in the history of the planet.

It gives us another opportunity to highlight the important work that this Congress, last Congress passed in passing the most significant climate legislation ever in the history of the planet, and that is the Inflation Reduction Act.

I introduced this legislation with our Ranking Member to improve the safety, accessibility, and quality of this national scenic trail.

I welcome the opportunity to have this hearing again.

We are here today to talk about climate change, to talk about this vehicle rule.

casework and helping New Mexicans is the bread and butter of my congressional office.