Salud Ortiz Carbajal: “I have introduced legislation H.R. 2799 which would require implementation of these recommendations and a number of…”

I thank the gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. Randall) for her words. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Espaillat), chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and my good friend.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in firm opposition to H.R. 261, the Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025. On its face, this legislation may seem like a narrow procedural change of streamlining permitting for undersea fiber-optic cables. In reality…

Budgetary decisions associated with the procurement of icebreakers cannot be made in a vacuum.

As states like California face increasingly frequent and intense wildfires, tools like FireGuard help us meet that threat. Using space-based commercial data will only make this program more effective.