Alan Lowenthal

we are not talking about the weakening of the standards that are so important to the health of our community.

the President has recommended a 31-percent cut to the Environmental Protection Agency. I think that would be devastating.

I think it was an excellent choice, and I am sure it was because of the great experiences he had at the FMC.

I cannot overstate the importance of the Coast Guard to our--to protecting our maritime interests and protecting our citizens.

This Sunday, April 30, marks 42 years since the fall of Saigon, commemorated as Black April in Vietnamese- American communities across the United States. Along with Congresswoman Lofgren, Congressman Correa, and other colleagues, I…

Yesterday Representative Fitzpatrick and I introduced a bipartisan resolution calling on the House to commit to the removal of political gerrymandering from congressional redistricting and to improve the public confidence in our electoral…

I am still banking on a President that talks about $1 trillion proposal, at least supporting us as we fight to maintain the meager funding levels we had.

I don't know how long we can keep that kind of disinvestment from going on.

I am very pleased that the President has said good things about infrastructure, so I hastened to get a hold of his so-called skinny budget, and was very disappointed to see really unheard of cuts to popular transportation programs.

The problem is always money.

But I am concerned that the administration seems to be more enamored with pushing private capital and financing--which would end up making projects more expensive than traditional funding mechanisms.

the country has understood that you can't be a great country unless you continuously invest in infrastructure of various kinds.

I think the Brownfields Program has been a great example of a win-win situation which both improves the environment, improves the health of our citizens, and at the same time spurs economic growth and development.

the public sector dollars is the yeast that raises the dough from the private sector.

I am particularly disturbed when I read that the program might face severe cuts.

Since 2013 I have flown the pride flag outside my D.C. office in solidarity with the LGBT community. According to the House historian, I was the first to do so, a fact that I am very proud of. Yesterday, outside my office in Washington…

Today I rise to stress the importance of maintaining Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, commonly known as DACA. DACA recipients were brought here to the United States as children, and in most cases America is the only home they have…

I think it was my colleague from Louisiana, which I want to compliment, he talked about that you can manage fisheries and have mineral extraction at the same time.

I want to start with some questions I have with, first, Mr. Chiasson.

Under the right planning, you can have great environmental protection, protect our citizens from both immediate impacts of particulates, and you can also move forward the economy and advance.

Also do you believe that human caused emissions from the burning of fossil fuels do contribute to climate change?

But to be clear, in my understanding in talking about this balance, they really only amount to 1 percent of the ocean waters that are under the jurisdiction of the United States.

Do you think that sea level rise or extreme weather related to climate change is a problem?

President Trump plans to propose devastating cuts to the EPA's funding and staff levels.

I look forward to working together to improve the work of the Army Corps, to protect the Clean Water Act.