Jared Huffman

I think there is some perspective and context that we really need to bring to this discussion.

I hope that, as you proceed with this time out on the Blueways program, that you listen to all the stakeholders.

After President Obama's historic announcement of his climate action plan 2 weeks ago, we returned home to our congressional districts for a week, and some of us saw record- high temperatures and drought. Others witnessed unseasonably heavy…

We might be able to talk about solutions to the student loan indebtedness problem, or maybe even the real costs that some of our failed energy policies are foisting on the federal government.

We are here to have a pep rally for the oil and gas industry who is experiencing record profits.

I just want to express dismay as a member of Congress who would like to see this body solving problems instead of rehashing these type of pep rallies for highly-profitable industries.

I have waited around here not because I have any searing probative questions of the witnesses, but rather to express a little bit of dismay as a freshman member of Congress and of this Committee.

We know irrefutably that production is up, that times, frankly, in this industry have never been better.

Because of climate change, we're facing stronger and more destructive storms and natural disasters than at any other time in American history. And at the same time, the sequester is slashing funding for the agencies that are critical to…

Thank you especially for the spirit of your statement earlier that this is focusing on strategies to save and avoid extinction and bring about recovery, rather than whether we should do these things.

I thank the gentleman. What a wonderful bill if you happen to be the Canadian oil company that reaps all the benefits, but it comes at the expense of the American economy and the global environment. We should reject this bill out of hand…

We are in dangerous and uncharted territory. At 400 parts per million, there is now more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere than at any time in the past 3 million years. Now here in the United States, more than a quarter of our greenhouse…

The California National Coastal Monument Expansion Act will not only protect our heritage, our national heritage area, it will contribute to the growing tourism economy of this region.

On Friday, April 26, 2013, I was unavoidably detained and missed rollcall votes numbers 125-128. Had I been present, I would have voted as follows: Rollcall No. 125: ``yea'' (On motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 1765, Reducing…

Across this country, we are seeing the ruinous effects of climate change, from more powerful storms in the East, to persistent drought and catastrophic wildfires in the West. We are not powerless in the face of this threat. We know what we…

With respect to both the deficit and the debt at the 10-year horizon, would it be fair to assume that comprehensive immigration reform would have a positive effect on both of those things?

Tonight many of my colleagues will be participating in a special order in observance of Yom Ha'atzmaut, Israel's Independence Day. I want to join them in celebration and wish the Israeli people a very happy and blessed 65 years of…

I want to associate myself with those who have expressed opposition to you over chained CPI...

the president's budget focuses on educating our children and making sure that we are strengthening our workforce.

I applaud the President for putting forward a budget that focuses on investments in education, investments in science and research, and investments in the infrastructure necessary to make sure we're competitive in the 21st century.

Our Republican colleagues, in their budget, they ask everybody to take some responsibility for deficit reduction except folks at the very top of the income ladder.

to try to address Social Security in that way, to me, seems to be breaking our promise to seniors.

But I especially want to thank you because in a conversation that, frankly, I think has involved far too much scapegoating and endless conflict and pitting environmentalists against foresters, even man against God, I want to thank you for…

Last week, in a Friday afternoon announcement designed to bury the news, the State Department released a very troubling supplemental environmental document regarding the Keystone XL pipeline, a project that would undo the progress our…

I'm honored to represent the Second District of California, which spans from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Oregon border. Mine is a district with hundreds of miles of pristine coastline, with numerous rivers, and coldwater fisheries, with…