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I'm looking forward to working with all of you and finding ways to address our shared priorities--such as supporting agricultural research, improving, and expanding the National Organic Program, and facilitating new developments in…
We cannot rely heavily on wild fish to feed our growing world population.
I strongly support the provision in the OBCSA that would set a national goal of 30 GW of offshore wind production by 2030.
That's 60% more jobs than the coal mining industry provided in 2019.
Clean offshore energy... will be a critical component of rapidly transitioning away from polluting fossil fuels.
We can expect that investment to be paid back many times over through healthier fish stocks, reduced storm damages, and climate mitigation that we desperately need.
Investing in coastal restoration is good policy. It is not just the right thing to do for the environment; it is the right thing to do for coastal communities, vulnerable coastal populations, and the U.S. economy.
Our response to these losses needs to address the causes of decline and accelerate recovery through the restoration and resilience projects that my bill, H.R. 660, would authorize.
Healthy coastal ecosystems provide critical social and environmental benefits in addition to playing important roles to the fishing industries and broader economies of coastal communities across the country.
I am pleased that the Committee is holding today's hearing on the important issue of improving our coastlines and oceans.
American Samoa is unique by virtue that it became the only U.S. territory by deed secession starting in 1900.
We simply cannot ignore the basic truth that the super majority of people actually living in American Samoa vociferously opposed the case.
The residents of the territories each have their own opinions about their relationship with the mainland.
Congress has better tools than a House Resolution to make things right.
It is undeniable that the cases contain outdated and racially biased language.
If anyone is holding onto these racist Insular Cases as a way of keeping Article XII afloat, they may be holding onto an anchor, not a life preserver.
What makes me proud to call myself an American, is the fact that the country is capable of recognizing its past mistakes.
I sincerely appeal to you to follow her example, because as she recognized, this is a fundamental issue of self-determination.