Alan Lowenthal

I have proposed a dedicated funding stream for freight transportation so that projects can address bottlenecks and deficiencies in our goods movement network, and that they can be financed by users of the freight infrastructure.

I am an unabashed supporter, unabashed supporter of the U.S. merchant marine, U.S. maritime interests, and the Jones Act.

3 years ago today, 43 students from Ayotzinapa, Mexico, disappeared. I recently traveled to Mexico where I spoke with many of their parents and the family members of the students who disappeared. I was humbled by the strength that they…

Last week, people across the Nation and around the world heard the heart-wrenching story of my constituent, Helen Huynh. Helen is bravely fighting leukemia. She desperately needs a stem cell transplant, which requires a compatible match…

Too often we hear about our country being divided, and yet when it comes to the Dream Act, the message is clear: our country is united. A wide majority of Americans and nearly 70 percent of Republicans want us to pass this legislation…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 40 Offered by Mr. Long The Acting CHAIR. It is…

We just heard a very interesting argument that said that we should not support or fund the National Ocean Policy because, instead of by executive action, it should have been done through congressional legislation. But I would remind…

My amendment preserves the National Ocean Policy. The National Ocean Policy is a commonsense way to facilitate multistakeholder collaboration on complex ocean issues, and it promotes economic opportunity, national security, and…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: In division A, strike section 435 (page 138, beginning on line 3). The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House…

To direct the Director of the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to create a Blue Whales and Blue Skies Program.

My district is a poster child for the need for ocean coordination and information sharing. In my district, we have the busiest port complex in North America, we have offshore drilling, we have San Clemente Island, which is a naval training…

``irresponsible, reckless, duplicitous,'' all words used to describe Iran during the JCPOA negotiations. Soon, if this administration abrogates the JCPOA, those words would apply to us: ``irresponsible'' for shredding an agreement that…

It is time to move on.

It is long past time to seriously reform hardrock mining laws in this country.

It is simply long past time for the American people to get their fair share for the sale of minerals that actually belong to them.

I think you are all experts, there is a lack of information out there.

It should be no different for gold, silver, copper, or any other minerals.

the West has been settled.

I want to kind of explore this idea about how long it takes to get a mining permit, not so much to put people on the spot, but to get a better understanding of what is really going on, and what some of the issues are.

99 percent of listed species have not gone extinct. That is an amazing record.

For me, the Endangered Species Act is working, despite many attempts... to undermine it at every turn.

I am not sure how the President expected Congress to react to his Presidential budget request for the Corps for fiscal year 2018.

I represent the Port of Long Beach. So I have seen this over--and I have represented it since I was on the city council and the State.

Most commenters favored wilderness designation of the Coastal Plain of the Refuge.

I would just like to know how FMCSA is coordinating with the State of California's Department of Industrial Relations or with the Department of Labor here at the Federal level to disseminate information about driver's rights under the…