The communities the environmental justice movement aims to include in the decision-making process, however, are the very ones being harmed by the Biden administration and its policies.

If we are serious about achieving more diverse and inclusive environmental policies, we must ensure that the communities impacted by those decisions are given a seat at the table.

But why do you think the Biden administration refused to engage you in this decision-making process?

Actions mean more than just words. And, I think, from our witness testimony today and our Members' questions, we will see that the actions of my colleagues across the aisle are actually disenfranchising people rather than helping people.

Today, I think about when my four children were young. They are stair-stepped 2 years apart. They used to have competitions in the backyard. They would race from the patio to the elm tree and back. And I would stagger the starting time…

I have no further speakers on my side, and I reserve the balance of my time.

I encourage adoption of this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I have no further speakers. I want to encourage adoption of this bill and, again, I thank the gentleman from Texas for his hard work in bringing this bill forward. I hope we can all get behind it. I urge adoption, and I yield back the…

The first unalienable right named in the Declaration of Independence is the right to life. The Preamble of the Constitution further built the framework for this most fundamental liberty. ``We, the people . . . in order to form a more…

In closing, I encourage passage of this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

As I listened to the testimony about the bill today, I thought about all of the women that I was around growing up who were part of that war effort at home during World War II and the jobs that they did that were critical to the war…

It seems to me that one of the reasons the Magnuson-Stevens Act has been so effective is that the regions have flexibility in meeting outcomes.