I am thankful for this opportunity, and look forward to your questions.

Representative Tokuda's Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act will help support ongoing efforts to address the fungal disease attacking native Ohia trees in Hawaii.

I am excited to continue to work with now-President Godes in his new role, along with the gentleman and Ranking Member from Colorado, to find creative solutions to address community housing needs like the Forest Service Flexible Housing…

It is important that offshore wind, like any infrastructure, be sited responsibly to minimize the impact on other affected industries and on the natural environment.

I hope we can work toward bipartisan solutions to address our shared concerns regarding reduced wildfire risk.

I think that is a significant step in the right direction that moves us closer to the balance.

I am disturbed that in the current debt ceiling negotiations our colleagues across the other side of the aisle are insisting on severe cuts across all categories of spending.

I don't understand how, on the one hand, some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are very quick to fearmonger about offshore wind and its impact on the surrounding environment, but then at the same time are trying to de-fund…

It is exciting. I will accept that applause on behalf of my wonderful wife, who deserves all of the applause.

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the words of my colleague from New York, but I reiterate what this resolution is about and what it says. Congress recognizes and appreciates the dedication and devotion demonstrated by the men and women of local…

Mr. Speaker, it is highly disingenuous for my colleagues to suggest that because this resolution doesn't thank all sorts of other groups that we can't thank local law enforcement. This resolution doesn't thank Governors. It doesn't thank…

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 398, I call up the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 40) expressing support for local law enforcement officers and condemning efforts to defund or dismantle local law enforcement agencies, and…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and to insert extraneous material on H. Con. Res. 40. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H. Con. Res. 40 expresses our support for the brave men and women who serve in law enforcement across our great Nation. These individuals put their lives on the line…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I will mention in response to the gentleman from New York's remarks about empty rhetoric, that this resolution says that Congress recognizes and appreciates the…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I quote my good friend from the State of Washington. ``Law enforcement as a whole has a culture of brutality that you cannot deny if you look at all of these incidents…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I want to make one thing absolutely clear. There is not a single Republican in the United States House of Representatives, to my knowledge, that does not condemn the…

Clearly, very, very important time to address some of these issues.