Jared Huffman

These are things that, not only represent a historic investment in our Nation's ports, harbors, and waterways.

This budget request, in my view, is a real win for the American people.

I want to urge you to communicate to President Biden the necessity of declaring a climate emergency.

The concerns that my colleague, Jim Costa, raised about the very real hardship that farmers are feeling in the Central Valley are real.

I applaud you for suspending them. I urge the Department to take the next step, and to throw them out entirely.

We strongly support these measures in the legislation.

The concept behind the Blue Carbon Protection Act is simple. It aims to protect and restore blue carbon ecosystems across the country.

Thank you Chair Grijalva for including my bill, the Blue Carbon Protection Act, in today's hearing and in your climate legislation.

The Blue Carbon Protection Act would provide NOAA the tools needed to ensure these important ecosystems are part of the fight to tackle the climate crisis.

I believe sustainably managing the ocean must be the standard moving forward if we want to continue enjoying the bounty marine resources provide.

Investments in on-the-ground restoration activities are really good spends for taxpayer dollars.

We do, indeed, have Beyer's remorse. We miss Don Beyer.

Every time we invest in coastal restoration and in coastal ecosystems, we are building back better those environments for people, for the animals, for the plants, and for future generations.

Azul also thanks Congressman Huffman for his Blue Carbon Protection Act which establishes a blue carbon program to conserve and restore marine and coastal blue carbon ecosystems.

We know expanding and modernizing our country's electrical grid is key to unlocking the next phase of access to clean, reliable, affordable, renewable energy.

Even just a few years ago when I was a California legislator, I was told that our, at that time, 33 percent renewable portfolio standard was unattainable.

In addition to more renewable energy, we want a grid that doesn't spark fires every time the wind blows.

I think, once again, you have found a space in this climate debate where there is ample room to work together and collaborate.

All States that want to step into the 21st century with high-speed rail are going to need more Federal support to do it.

We've really starved investment in passenger rail capacity while lavishing generous Federal matches on highway funding.

I want to really commend Chair Payne for choosing to focus on this important issue.

I think it is important that we do that with an eye toward the 21st century, making sure we 'build back better.'

As we have heard from our witnesses here today, there is an enormous economic upside to climate action.

Let me congratulate you on your big announcement today, a plan to completely eliminate carbon emissions from your power supply by 2030.

we have got to build back better with an eye toward climate impacts