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On the recordDecember 10, 2019
Madam Chairwoman, I thank the gentleman for the time. Madam Chair, the package before us represents the misguided partisan nature of this majority infecting everything Congress touches. This package highlights the real lost opportunities before us because of the majority's insistence on impeachment all the time. The Democrats have rallied and promised real sweeping policies to create jobs, address our trade challenges, tackle our national energy needs, and fight wildfires. Yet, they have been so consumed with attacking our President and impeachment that they have nothing to show for it. So to save face, Speaker Pelosi loaded up her giant jumbo jet, wasted taxpayer dollars gallivanting around Spain to simply talk about climate change. This coming week, she has scheduled a series of bills on the House floor in the name of ``combating climate change'' that are actually retreads of programs that are already authorized and actions that are already being taken by the Federal Government. H.R. 729 is clear proof that the Democrats have no agenda and have no plan other than to impeach President Trump. Most of the bills included in this package before us today duplicate existing authority that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, already has under the Coastal Zone Management Act, CZMA. Also, under Tribal CZMA, living shoreline and climate change, NOAA and U.S.…
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Paul Gosar
Republican · Arizona

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