I really wanted to ask you a series of questions. Before I do so, I will just take one moment to again thank Director Stone-Manning...

A Representative in Congress from the State of Colorado.

I want to also say thank you for the work that you do and the National Park Service does every day.

I hope we can do so with a degree of respect for the witnesses who are here and for the agencies that they represent.

I would implore you to let us know what we can do on the statutory side.

I am grateful for the work that you two are doing and the Biden administration is doing more broadly to manage our public lands with future generations in mind.

I have been to 300 units of the National Park System.

I am concerned about transparency. And will you commit to making sure there is even more transparency in this process going forward?

H.R. 6009, which was introduced by Representative Boebert to nullify the rule, passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 216-200.

It is unfortunate, as I said, in my view, that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have chosen a different course, have not scheduled a single hearing in this Subcommittee, for example, to even discuss the climate crisis.

Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairman Biggs for leading on this issue. I rise in support of the Equal Representation Act, which will add a citizenship question to the Census and exclude illegal aliens from the apportionment base. It is past time…

Madam Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from Indiana for the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, today is a serious day, a serious moment for this institution. Apparently, according to my…

Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 205, noes 199, not voting 26, as follows: [Roll No…

Mr. Speaker, I would just simply say that insofar as my colleague from Indiana wants to have a debate about climate change or a debate about electric vehicles or renewable energy, I am certainly open, and I welcome that debate. I suspect…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from New Mexico (Ms. Leger Fernandez), who is a respected member of the Rules Committee.

Mr. Speaker, to discuss this proposal, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from California (Ms. Chu), who has been a tireless leader on this issue among so many others from California.

Mr. Speaker, not to belabor the point, but when the gentlewoman from Indiana uses the phrase ``current practice,'' what she is referring to is the entirety of American history. Let me repeat that, Mr. Speaker. For hundreds of years, this…

Mr. Speaker, this is not particularly complicated. Since 1790 and the first population tally done in the United States, citizens and noncitizens have been included. Never before has the 14th Amendment been construed as the way that the…