Teachers and firefighters are paying a higher tax than the richest people in our country. That’s not right.

The third pillar of our Opportunity Economy is leading the world in the industries of the future.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment, as modified. The text of the amendment, as modified, is as follows: AMENDMENT NO. 3, AS MODIFIED, OFFERED BY MR. VALADAO OF CALIFORNIA At the end of…

I thank Chairman Westerman and his staff at the Natural Resources Committee for their work on this very important bill. I appreciate his partnership and work to ensure my amendment was included today. Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to…

I rise as the designee for the gentleman from California (Mr. Costa). The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill add the following: TITLE IV--EXPANSION OF…

My amendment would add the text of my bill, the bipartisan Headwaters Protection Act, to the Fix Our Forests Act. This commonsense language is led by my colleague from California (Mr. Costa) and myself, and it has bipartisan support. It…

I have a tremendous honor to represent the entire California side of Lake Tahoe, and this legislation, the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, is of the highest importance to my constituents. It is also of great importance to the State of…

I have major concerns about the funding needed to keep up with the backlog in infrastructure, the investment in the new assets such as cutters and helicopters, and everyday support services to the fleet.

The Coast Guard is the premier agency tasked with protecting the American people and safeguarding our national security interests along our shores and beyond.

It has been my privilege in the three decades or more that I have been in elected office, starting with city council to become friends and part of the disability community.

As Ranking Member of this Subcommittee, I take my role of Coast Guard promoter very seriously.

From imposing a nationwide ban on abortion to curbing voting rights to gutting Social Security and Medicare, Project 2025 is an extremist MAGA Republican manifesto that pledges an egregious assault on our freedoms, our economy, and our…

I appreciate this opportunity. I think we have seen why we are here today. It is because in the past decade, America has witnessed firsthand the devastation, the death, and the massive destruction from wildfires. In my home State of…

I thank Chairman Westerman for yielding, and I rise in support of the Fix Our Forests Act. As someone who farms on the edge of the forest in California, I can tell you, bad policies coming out of Washington and Sacramento, exacerbated by…

Today I was not recorded on roll call vote No. 443. Had I been present, I would have voted ``NAY'' on roll call vote No. 443. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore…

When we acknowledge that construction loans are consistently given at higher rates, much higher rates than traditional mortgages...

I thank the gentlewoman from New York and thank my colleagues for understanding the importance of the Fish and Wildlife Service's Coastal Program and for supporting this legislation to, for the first time, authorize it in statute. Coastal…

I would happily give you 75 cents for that dollar bill in your hands.