Clearly we are not there yet. Clearly we have more work to do.

Today, the United States is the gold standard of environmental protection.

Without a clear understanding of how policies, often one-size-fits-all, actually affect our constituents back home, we are going to continue to miss the mark.

Here is what I am hearing back home: Washington, DC bureaucrats do not think rural America matters.

Instead, it seems they like to find these minerals elsewhere in countries with subpar, if any, environmental standards. Anywhere but America, any worker but American, that is the Biden administration's model.

The challenges we face in regard to rural broadband access is just another example where burdensome and slow permitting processes are holding our communities back.

We know that LGBTQ Americans continue to face violent attacks, and there's hateful rhetoric dehumanizing them.

Madam President, as we know, this Saturday marks the 1-year anniversary of the day the U.S. Supreme Court decided to overturn half a century of precedent on a woman's right to make her own healthcare decisions. I appreciate the remarks of…

This is the first time Congress has made significant changes to NEPA since 1983.

Just a few specific responses. First of all, this bill is very specific. It addresses health and location data, and, as I noted before, I continue to believe that we need Federal privacy legislation, in general, to address other privacy…

NEPA has grown out of control.

to the extent that we are able to pursue policies that strengthen the labor market, that contribute to the resiliency of the labor market, it seems as if that should help to mitigate the negative impacts on the labor market that rising…

Countless regulations and red tape under NEPA make permitting new projects virtually impossible.

The significant investments that we have been making in domestic manufacturing... are an important part of this success story.

I have been really struck by how remarkably resilient the labor market has been over the last 16 months or so.

Colorado has seen more and more rural hospitals close, and care options remain extremely limited.

We know that LGBTQ Americans continue to face violent attacks, and there's hateful rhetoric dehumanizing them.

Every American deserves equal access to civil rights and nondiscrimination protections. The Equality Act will move forward that into law.