the $50 billion that we received from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to focus on our failing water infrastructure was a huge shot in the arm

Cuts in this area are at a significant cost to the people that rely on the Great Lakes for recreation and for sustenance.

I'm gravely concerned as well. You know, I think the EPA has a mission to protect public health and the environment.

We can't have meetings like the one you just said we're going to have. We can't have our regional experts go down Bithlo and talk through how to solve these solutions.

Justice40 is the floor for us.

Congress has done an excellent job in the Inflation Reduction Act, awarding $3 billion for environmental justice projects.

what I'm hoping is that Congress will see that EPA has used these resources strategically and wisely

We run the risk of not seeing those celebrations if we have a shutdown. Simply put, the work just can't get done.

Congressman Bill Johnson did an excellent job representing that constituency and bringing people to the table that my staff met with.

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the Biden Department of Education shares a distinct and familiar trait with every government agency in Washington right now: It has a habit of making crackpot decisions. One such…

We have got to figure out a way to get them better connected.

We have got to figure out a way to get them better connected.

We have got to figure out a way to get them better connected.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Bennett College, which I have the privilege of representing in Congress. In 1873, Bennett got its start as a school for elementary and secondary students in the basement of…

I think that is a real public policy question that needs to have more of a definitive answer.

Well, it seems pretty simple to me. Other agencies have banned it, and the Department of Transportation ought to ban it, too.

It is no secret that China is engaged in a concerted surveillance strategy to infiltrate U.S. airspace and spy on our country.

I applaud the Biden Administration for taking this step to modernize the Federal procurement process.