Your appointment and, I hope, expedient confirmation, along with the return of American diplomats, sends a powerful message to the world--we stand with Ukraine and the free world will not abandon those fighting to protect it.

We should also increase capacity and expertise within the Army Corps, and give the public more meaningful opportunities to weigh in on the projects that affect their communities.

This opportunity to try to prioritize some of the important work I think the Water Resources Development Act can do for frontline communities like mine is critical.

Our communities didn't even have the projections for these events at all. Some homes flooded repeatedly, some even up to four times within 2 months.

I urge the Committee to continue supporting the ongoing work of the Corps for testing HAB controls and encouraging continued interagency cooperation.

I thank Congressman Steve Cohen for joining me in this request, as well, and for just a great ally in fighting for environmental justice.

It is important that the Corps has the funds and flexibility to implement these necessary programs.

As you all know too well, across the country, our water infrastructure is failing.

In this year's Water Resources Development Act, it is critical to my constituents that we address flood control mitigation efforts.

Finally, we must maximize toxic remediation in ecological restoration, navigation, and flood resilience projects.

If your service men and women and your families are not ready, we are not ready as a country.

let me just conclude by saying that either we are going to come together as Americans, which I hope and pray we do, to defend our democracy and look back on January 6 as a painful low point in our Nation's history or we can turn over power…

I rise today, along with colleagues, to look back at a year ago, January 6, 2021--I wish this was actually a bipartisan coming together today--a horrible, tragic day in our Nation's history. But it is not enough to look back. We also need…

To truly protect our democracy, we need truth. Truth is clear as this shard of broken glass that I have carried with me for the last 365 days.

I thank Senator Klobuchar. One year ago today, a shocking, violent, and unthinkable attack on the U.S. Capitol shook the very foundations of our democracy. I was here, in this Chamber, as we were conducting the ceremonial certification of…

There are laws and I follow them. We have a transparent process that people are aware of those that are not following the rules.

I won’t let them demoralize me. It makes me angry and it makes me want to fight even harder for this country that I love.

I love my country. This is a democracy where we follow the rule of law. It gives us the guidelines. It keeps someone, a dictator from coming in and taking over.