I am pleased to welcome our dear friend, Senator Menendez, who has joined us this morning to provide a few remarks.
The Committee will come to order. The Committee is meeting today to consider S. 375, Senator Menendez's bill...
We are also very fortunate to have Judge Arthur Gonzalez with us.
I opposed PROMESA because I believed it would not do enough to protect the people of Puerto Rico during the debt restructuring process.
If this delta variant comes and keeps coming faster and faster and faster, it'll be too late for a lot of people that didn't get vaccinated....
In many ways, the Oversight Board has made life on the island harder and less fair for so many Puerto Ricans.
I think that is something that we need to prioritize.
I look forward to working on this, as well.
We should be able to have our waterway systems free and available for that type of economy.
The Department is responsible for managing and protecting our national parks, wildlife refuges, the public lands.
I am disappointed that we have yet to receive a nomination for a Director of the National Park Service.
I thought our whole mission here was to try to find ways of reducing CO2 emissions so that we could teach China, India, Indonesia, and other...
The President has requested $17.6 billion in appropriations for the Interior Department in Fiscal Year 2022.
I appreciate that the Administration has provided Congress with lists of its proposed maintenance and LWCF and deferred maintenance projects...
I look forward to continuing to work with you to ensure all outstanding mine land Reclamation needs are adequately addressed.
We convene this morning to review the President's proposed budget for the Department of the Interior.
I hope that we can use this hearing to get a better understanding of how the Department is prioritizing funding.
I also understand that a federal judge has issued an injunction against the Administration's pause, although I expect that decision will be ...
