Last Congress, Democrats provided significant investments for drought mitigation and climate resilience, including $8.3 billion in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and $4 billion in the Inflation Reduction Act.

We shouldn't have to wait for a crisis to make good decisions. We should be proactive.

We need storage and better conveyance capacity for agricultural water supplies, for drinking water, for recreation, and for the environment.

If we want California agricultural production and the associated food security that accompanies it, we need to meaningfully invest in our infrastructure.

Removing federal protections for these grizzly populations will pave the way for trophy hunting and subject bears to ever-increasing levels of persecution.

What happened then? Well, Idaho authorized the killing of 90 percent of their 1,500 wolves.

It is beyond ironic that Rep. Boebert is working to undermine the will of Colorado voters to bring back wolves to the state.

How much can we afford to spend?

We saw it play out in the months after the Trump administration delisted the wolf and the greater Yellowstone grizzly.

These bills ignore science, rather than trust it.

Those who would say that this law is perfect are wrong.