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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.