Raúl Grijalva

We should be moving toward renewable, carbon-free technologies like solar, geothermal, and offshore wind.

Congress should be working overtime to make up for its failure to act after the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

We should not be playing Russian roulette with our environment and coastal tourism economies.

If we really want to look at whether the industry is safer, we would invite the families of the aforementioned 11 workers who perished aboard that rig...

Unfortunately, the title of this hearing, and the testimony of some of today's witnesses makes me feel like it is a big pat-on-the-back session, rather than real oversight.

I thank the gentlewoman from New Jersey for having this opportunity for us to come and talk about the root issue, as she explained, the root issue that caused almost the potential of DHS and that Department having to be shut down because…

I think the executive order does that--shed light, and in the present tense--to begin to create some balance between the interests of the workers and the interests of the contractor.

We need fair labor practices here and we need to be paid for what we work.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and for your courtesy in allowing me to participate in this meeting.

I concur. I think the formation of the new Subcommittee on Oversight for resources demands that we staff up for that committee.

The consistent practice of staff allocation is in this budget, and I concur with him entirely that 5 percent, 2.5 each year over this session is merited and justified and, quite frankly, quite needed.

The volume of work, I think, merits your consideration.

And I am pleased to join with Chairman Bishop today to ask for your support for the Natural Resources Committee budget request.

This is not about making government more efficient. It is about making it impossible for many government agencies to do their jobs on behalf of the American people. In the name of regulatory reform, Republicans are intentionally cutting…

If I may inquire of the gentleman from Louisiana if he has any more speakers.

I want to commend my colleague, Representative Ruiz of California, for sponsoring this legislation, for working so hard to bring all of the diverse interests to the table, and for coming up with a noncontroversial, bipartisan solution. Mr…

I would like to thank Representative Jared Huffman of California, the sponsor of the bill, for the legislation and the hard work. I yield back the balance of my time.

Let me at this point yield as much time as she may consume to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Meng), the sponsor and author of the legislation.

At this point, Mr. Speaker, let me yield as much time as he may consume to the gentleman from Nevada (Mr. Horsford), one of the supporters of the legislation.

I have no further speakers on the legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

With that, I yield as much time as he may consume to the gentleman from Maryland, Representative Van Hollen, the sponsor of the legislation,

I have no further speakers, and with that, I yield back the balance of my time.

And I agree. I think the point that Mr. Lucero brought up about northern New Mexico that I am not real familiar with...

The idea of state management sounds good on paper, but what we would also see is in our state, for example, you cannot camp on state land.

But is it in your written testimony or is it not?