I rise today to introduce a bill, the Kaena Point National Heritage Area Act. This bill requires the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating certain land in Hawaii as the Kaena…

reserving the right to object, I rise today in opposition to S. 251, legislation that would ban transgender women and girls from participating in sports consistent with their gender. My Republican colleagues falsely claim that allowing…

We need to act on issues of climate change together.

We all know that illegally deforested products are impermissible from an import standpoint in the United States.

last month, the U.S. Department of the Interior released an investigative report on our country's Indian boarding school system. From 1819 to 1969, more than 400 of these schools operated across what today are 37 States. The Indian…

I would love to see if there is more we can do in that area.

We need to explore those opportunities, even as we try to help people get better broadband connection.

If confirmed, Mr. Thompson would serve during an important time in U.S.-Nepalese relations.

I had a constructive conversation with several Pacific Island nation ambassadors about a month ago.

the community stands in full support of the passage of Senate Bill 2907 Truth and Healing Commission

We owe it to the survivors and their families to uncover the truth and provide justice.

I note the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

Today I urge the United States Senate to pass the Protecting Our Kids Act. The Uvalde shooting in Texas is one of many mass school shootings that will remain a forever stain on our country. We find ourselves here again, in the wake of…

I want to thank the chairman of the Judiciary Committee for his remarks just now. I, too, sit on the Judiciary Committee, and I listened to Garnell Whitfield talk about his 86-year-old mother, who was murdered, and his charge to us to do…

There must be increased investment in underserved communities so that we can prioritize planning and investment and safety.

This tragedy plays over every day, especially in underserved communities like his.

We know that indigenous communities and rural communities continue to have disproportionately high traffic fatalities because of the lack of infrastructure.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in support of the fiscal year 2022 Water Resources and Development Act, legislation which will invest in America's ports, harbors, and inland waterways, as well as build more climate-resilient…