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Sometimes members of the other party, they get so used to talking about union jobs, it implies nobody in Congress cares about non-union jobs.

I am deadly serious about that, and I am amazed that you and I found common accord, and I appreciate it.

No one who has a soul can look at those pictures and say that having an artificial date of 2030 established for 50 percent of our fleet to be electrified is worth a single child working in slavery.

I don't ever want your children to be exposed to any of this. I don't want my grandchildren to be exposed to any of this.

How many children are going to have to continue to work in slave conditions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to make sure that we can meet the artificial goal of 50 percent of the fleet being electrified by 2030?

Another really consistent message we have heard throughout this Committee is local communities, oftentimes small communities that are near these areas, that they get the opportunity to thrive also.

It is certainly a consistent message in regards to access.

As the Chairman of Federal Lands, it has been very surprising to me when we hear an administration that talks all the time about, boy, we consult, we coordinate, and we work with the tribes, we always consider them pre-eminently in our…

Senator Sarbanes was a tireless champion of preserving Fort Mc Henry throughout his long career.

Chairman Tiffany, Ranking Member Neguse, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to present the views of the Department of the Interior on H.R. 6826.

One of the bills we will be considering today, Representative Franklin's bipartisan H.R. 8206, embodies this ethic by preventing an unpopular wilderness designation from being established in Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida.

Their residents have an unrivaled interest in ensuring that nearby public lands are properly managed for generations to come.

As Chairman of this Subcommittee, I have worked tirelessly to ensure the perspectives of local communities are included in both the decision-making process and the subsequent management of our Federal lands.

Congress will be required to reclaim its Title I authority and do the job it was always intended to do under the Constitution.

Executive overreach like this is why many Americans are frustrated with the Federal Government.

We must ensure that our national parks are preserved and accessible to all.

I would like to talk about the latest front in the Biden administration's war on the middle class. They are all for the welfare class, and they are all for the superrich, but not the middle class. We are used to hearing about the massive…

I certainly appreciate the perspective that in pointing out the need to listen to those with lived experience...