I think similarly for hurricanes and tornadoes for that matter. What used to be more of a defined season is expanding.

Atmospheric rivers are high-impact winter storm events that provide 50 percent of annual precipitation in California and 80 percent of our flooding.

I appreciate Senator Warner's example after example from Virginia on the topic at hand here.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Dr. Spinrad, I believe you did the right thing by moving forward, as you said, with alacrity to begin protecting the North Atlantic right whale in the face of an imminent extinction threat.

I think similarly for hurricanes and tornadoes for that matter. What used to be more of a defined season is expanding.

Certainly, managing our natural resources to protect wildlife and habitat, clean water, clean air, healthy environments...

I introduced a bill to that effect that was included in Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act.

Atmospheric rivers are high-impact winter storm events that provide 50 percent of annual precipitation in California and 80 percent of our flooding.

I introduced a bill to that effect that was included in Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act.

I appreciate Senator Warner's example after example from Virginia on the topic at hand here.

Here we are again witnessing another attempt to undermine a free and fair and secure American election by continuing to sow doubt ahead of the 2024 election.

I think that we should be clear about the credibility of the Republican witnesses that we have in front of us today.

Mr. Adams has a history of making unfounded allegations about illegal voting allegations that were so egregious and so damaging to innocent people and families that a Federal court had to step in.

There must be continuous funding to grow, construct, maintain, and operate these facilities.

It is my understanding that this program, known as the Permit Processing Improvement Fund, has in some cases helped BLM to better staff certain field offices where applications to drill for oil and gas are most concentrated.

Thank you for all your good work. I really appreciate everything you are doing for so many critical initiatives to help protect our public lands, promote domestic clean energy production, and provide outdoor recreation opportunities.

I think, at the very least, we ought to ensure that the Federal Government treats wind and solar on par with oil and gas.

There is clearly more to be done legislatively. I am committed to ensuring that happens so that responsible wind and solar development can happen at scale.