I am glad to hear you are having those conversations, and I hope it will really result in some much quicker action.

It is critically important that we strongly fund the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, GLRI.

We certainly think it is incredibly important that those resources be there.

I have to tell you that--and you can tell as Members have been talking to you that there have been patients that have reached out to us, told us their stories.

Every dollar we put into the GLRI actually delivers $3 in economic return.

As COVID and the pandemic has threatened our City and State Governments with fiscal crises, they are in survivor mode right now.

And I hope that you all at our hearing today and are going to take back to your coalitions that we are hearing you.

I am proud to be an original cosponsor of the Consumer Protection and Recovery Act, which would restore the agency's authority to get money back to consumers who have been scammed.

I rise to recognize a historic confirmation that took place last week. On Thursday, the Senate confirmed Deanne Criswell to serve as the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. I would like to thank Senator Portman for…

We did actually, in our tax policy, pick winners and losers.

I am proud to be a co-sponsor of your Clean Energy for America Act, which I think is so significant.

I also ask unanimous consent to deliver my complete remarks prior to the vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 132.

It is so incredibly outrageous that our government continues to subsidize this kind of nationwide assault on our public health.

Happy Earth Day, y'all. I hope we are celebrating Earth Day at some point that we've actually been able to have meaningful action on climate crisis.

if we end up 10 years from now and 165,000 postal vehicles have been ordered... we have really missed a great opportunity

But then let's also talk about the justice component, because we introduced the Green New Deal earlier this week...

I strongly support your nomination and look forward to moving it forward as quickly as possible.