Jared Huffman

Thank you for bringing science back into the forefront of this Committee's business and thank you for your leadership in convening a long-overdue conversation.

It is important, in my view, that any bill, no matter how well-intended, that does not respond to this crisis needs to be recognized as part of the problem.

The Forest Service is in the middle of a wholly unnecessary, politically motivated repeal of the roadless rule in Alaska.

I want to point out this bill has support from conservation organizations, outdoor recreation groups, dozens of businesses, community leaders, adjacent landowners. It is a long and broad list of support. Madam Chair, I request a favorable…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding, and I also thank her for her leadership not just on her own bill, but for leading the charge on a package of bills that includes my Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act…

What if I told you there was an epidemic in the United States that has killed close to 40,000 people, just in the year 2019 alone? And what if I told you this epidemic has taken the lives of almost 8,000 people since 2014 in California…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me time, and I commend my colleague, Jackie Speier, for her leadership on this issue. And thanks also to the ranking member for recognizing the importance, the critical national importance, of the San…

I appreciate you pegging that number as the real need, because, right now, I understand that we are appropriating only about $300 million annually.

I think we need to include FHWA as a partner alongside public land agencies, like the National Park Service in working with local communities.

Serving as both a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Natural Resources Committee, I see firsthand the importance of fully funding our Federal land management agencies and their transportation needs.

Our public lands don't exist in isolation; they exist alongside gateway communities that depend on them for their local economy.

I was just in Mr. Graves' beautiful state of Louisiana, and he showed me some amazing places.

So this really is do or die time for the Petaluma River.

As we take this solemn, necessary step of impeaching President Trump, my Republican colleagues have made up their minds. We can't persuade them to do the right thing, so I will address my remarks to the future. Today's vote will be judged…

we now have a year-round fire season.

It is great to follow those warm, bipartisan remarks from my friend from Michigan, because, after all, even though you wouldn't know it from the ranking member's remarks, we are here to consider a package of bipartisan bills that provide…

we have got to ensure that they are forward-looking.

let's look ahead to the next decade's or the next generation's disasters.

I am prepared to close, so I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Marshall), the author of this bill. {time} 1500

This is a good bill. The community of Beatrice--I just had to say it one more time because I like that pronunciation--is fortunate to be home to what will hopefully soon be America's newest historical park, the Homestead National…

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Smith), the author of the measure who brings it to the floor today.

I thank the gentleman from California (Mr. McClintock). It is good to have bipartisan support for this bill. Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to close, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the…

I commend Congressman Marshall for that very moving presentation and for the impressive history that he recounted of the 1st Infantry Division. This is a great bill, an important bill, and I know we are all very proud to support it. I urge…

If this is a question that requires us to listen to the experts and the scientists about how to end the global shark fin trade, then it is not much of a debate, because over 150 scientists are on record supporting this bill. The same…

I would just note, that in California, where I authored a very similar ban on the possession, sale, and trade of shark fins, the sky has not fallen, the world has not ended. All of the calamities that my friend just predicted have not…