Alan Lowenthal: “I just see it as turning away from all the good things that they have done.”

I represent the Port of Long Beach. I am the cochair with Randy Weber from Texas of the Congressional PORTS Caucus.

I want to lend my support to the strongest possible funding for programs like the Port Infrastructure Development Program.

I have no further requests at this time. I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.

As such, building even one new oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico will deepen the climate crisis, disproportionately imperiling low-income communities and communities of color in the process.