Jared Huffman

With all due respect, those two specific sections involving Delta operations were a giant thumb on the scale against endangered fish in the Delta and in favor of the Westlands Water District.

I was confused by that, because during the government shutdown...

The petroleum industry, if you will pardon the pun, was gushing with praise for your Administration when you released this rule.

Those two specific sections involving Delta operations were a giant thumb on the scale against endangered fish in the Delta and in favor of the Westlands Water District.

I want to give you a chance in the remaining time we have to assure the American people that you are not just doing the bidding of your former clients.

Do you agree that our ethics rules exist not just to avoid actual conflicts of interests, but to avoid the appearance of a conflict so that the public can have trust and confidence in our government?

Clearly, we are not going to get any examples.

I thank the gentleman from North Carolina for his comments. Madam Chair, the purpose of this supplemental appropriations bill is to help communities rebuild from disasters, and my amendment simply ensures that we give communities…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the following: SEC. ___. None of the funds made available…

I am intrigued and a little bit skeptical about this notion of carbon capture and sequestration that we keep coming back to.

Each of these dredging projects is essential to both the daily lives of our constituents and the regional economy.

I want to make sure as we go forward that we are also taking care of these neglected and abandoned communities.

We urge you to fully consider these projects in formulating your FY 2020 budget request.

The system is not working and it is, in fact, insulting to communities that play by the rules and still lose every year every single time.

I have to say this euphemism of emerging is insulting, given that communities I represent feel like their ports and waterways are neglected and abandoned.

I would like to ask unanimous consent to enter into the record letters that I have written going all the way back to 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and January of 2019, where we are begging and pleading with the Corps to address these…

I would just like to request unanimous consent to enter three reports in their entirety into the record.

I would just suggest we enter the whole report. I mean, I certainly wouldn't want any misleading partial sections.

Don't let anyone tell you that your demand to have a livable planet for your lifetime and for your children is unreasonable or extreme or radical.

If you believe that we have the luxury of time, if you believe that we have the luxury of incrementalism, I would submit that you are in the wrong room and probably in the wrong century.

Please tell the folks back home that he is constantly beating this drum.

There comes a time when there is an issue and a cause that is so important that you have to engage in some unconventional tactics. And the climate crisis is that issue.

let's not burden this committee with speculative economic hoops to jump through.

by the time you know what this committee's final recommendations are in the report, you are not going to have time to do the exhaustive net economic impact

I think it is important, as we try to understand the costs and tradeoffs of some of these climate solutions that I hope we will be recommending, that we also really take a careful look at the cost of the status quo.