It is not equitable.

I hope and am optimistic that we will find opportunities for bipartisan collaboration.

This is not only a national security emergency for the United States. This is about making sure that we can make good on our responsibility to ensure that we are not passing a global tipping point in climate change over the next decade.

A vital purpose of the farm bill is to provide a safety net to producers to ensure that they are able to protect their farms and livelihood.

I hope that they are not just left out say, oh, well, that is the cost of doing business, because it turns out in America, you know, connectivity is a problem.

So, Southwest, in addition to the change that you just laid out to me with creating a process to hear from more frontline employees, has Southwest also changed its management structure to ensure that that is included?

When the rules are changed so that a State cannot even compete something is broken.

It is an honor to be able to serve alongside you, and welcome to our first Subcommittee of Oversight hearing.

I am disappointed to hear that the voices of staff on the frontlines of Southwest Airlines operations, including pilots, flight attendants, and customer service representatives, have not been a priority.

The future of our country, of our communities, and of our children depends on bipartisan action on this issue.

Let me be clear. We cannot mine and permit our way out of this problem.

I am pleased to see that Southwest is taking its commitment to customers seriously, providing reimbursements and refunds, points and direct delivery.

This is not just a U.S. problem.

They weren't being listened to before ? so they weren't being listened to before.

This is a national security issue. This is an issue that affects every aspect of our economy.

I understand very intimately, because of my own family history, how big, international, global issues around our domestic production of minerals and fossil fuel production really affects the families and workers of this country.

These issues that we cover in the Natural Resources Committee at large, and especially the oversight that we do in this Committee, are of great personal concern to me and to the communities that I represent.

We need a multi-pronged approach.