Rubén Gallego

By allowing SRP to explore construction of additional facilities, H.R. 1607 is an important step in the right direction.

I am glad to be here today to highlight a common-sense, bipartisan bill that will improve Arizona's clean energy storage capacity, improve energy reliability, and fight rising utility costs.

I actually tried to figure this out, just my rough estimate, and this is just for starters and is probably very low.

As someone that served on the Armed Services Committee, that is just a rounding error, which is amazingly sad.

Please stop using the Australians as your proxies and treat us as you would treat any other country.

The goal of China is to make sure that they keep enough distance from us being able to get as close to them as possible

What you would have to do is you would have to get a much bigger navy. You would have to have a lot more ships to cover this.

As a member of both the Natural Resources Committee and the Armed Services Committees, I am glad that we are having this important conversation about the crossroads between national security, our natural resources, and relationships in the…

We are looking at the extinction of one of the planet's largest whale species.

We need to err on the side of protection, again, if we want to avoid extinction of this iconic species.

If we don't want the North Atlantic right whale to go extinct, we must prevent all human-caused whale deaths every single year until the population recovers.

I have been proud to co-sponsor the Grand Canyon Protection Act to protect one of Arizona's and the country's crown jewels.

I was proud to work on the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition to push multiple administrations to use the Antiquities Act.

The existence of national monuments is directly relevant to communities in Arizona and across the West.

I am very happy to see that that is happening, and they are going to be part of this solution for us to really survive and thrive in the desert.

These are some of the most dire issues facing the country, and it is important that the Federal Government solutions be well-funded and forward-thinking.

Let me emphasize nothing in NOAA's portfolio is optional.

Instead of facing this issue head on, House Republicans prefer to use our country's debt ceiling as a leveraging opportunity to double down on fossil fuel pollution.

Most of us agree that this is a crisis that urgently needs to be addressed.

So, our Republican friends need to decide: do they want to move projects faster or play politics?

Let me remind folks again, last Congress, Democrats secured more than $1 billion to finally address the staff shortages and challenges with resources that are such an important part of slowing down permitting review by Federal agencies.

For 120 years the Federal Government and the State Government have promised the American people that they would keep it pristine, ecologically healthy, and intact not only for us, but for my children and my grandchildren and the children…

The President's FY 2024 budget includes a $24.7 million increase in urban Indian programs.

Arizona is home to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, which serves a crucial role in keeping Americans across the country safe.

We cannot do it alone, so I continue to say our partners and allies play a key role as we work together to counter the aggressive and malign behavior that seeks to erode rules-based international order.