Sydney Kamlager-Dove

June is Gun Violence Prevention Month. June is Gun Violence Prevention Month. June is Gun Violence Prevention Month. So why, in this full body, are we not talking about the gun violence epidemic that has taken hold of this country? Why is…

I hope my GOP colleagues will join me in finding ways to create safer communities for everyday Americans because that is what all Americans want. They want to live and work and worship in communities that will keep them safe and build…

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to Director Stone-Manning and Deputy Director Owens for being here with us today.

As for the drug myth, over 80 percent of drugs smuggled into our country are done by Americans, not immigrants. Let's get serious and talk about meaningful steps toward immigration reform that include what it means to be a global partner…

the Boundary Waters is incredibly important not only to me, but to the American people.

To me it seems like they are proceeding on behalf of the mining industry and not consulting at all with the people who feel that their well-being for clean water and for the opportunity to keep their business open, for the ability to fish…

My colleagues say that they care about protecting the environment and addressing community concerns, but to me it seems like they are proceeding on behalf of the mining industry.

Since 2016, when the Forest Service first asked the American people if it should consent to the renewal of the leases, at that time 74,000 Americans said no.

It is generally about 98 percent opposition to copper mining in the headwaters of the Boundary Waters throughout three administrations: the Obama, the Trump, and the Biden administration.

I think part of the reason we are here is because we, as Americans, as people, have misplaced hostility toward fire.

I would love it if you could speak to the need to appropriately fund permanent firefighter positions.

And we know that where you drill, you spill.

According to Oceana, fishing, tourism, and recreation support nearly 600,000 jobs along California's coast--I represent Los Angeles in California--and generate over $42 million in GDP.

I feel like we are the wildfire capital of the United States.

Most recently in 2021, an underwater pipeline leaked tens of thousands of gallons of oil, threatening communities' livelihoods across the state.

Oftentimes, the fossil fuel pollution from offshore drilling is hurting low-income families the most.

I know that national parks need our help and are struggling with funding challenges, which is why I signed on to support their operational funding in this year's appropriations bill.

I thank the gentlewoman from Florida and the gentleman from Illinois for managing this very important Special Order hour. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss the blatantly antidemocratic and, frankly, racist expulsion of Tennessee…

I thank my brother and friend, Congressman Jackson from the great State of Illinois, for managing this Congressional Black Caucus Special Order hour and standing with his sisters. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the work that my CBC…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise as a mother of a Loyola Cub, a formidable rival to the Mater Dei Monarchs, but I have the courage enough to say that Mater Dei is a world-class high school that prepares young men for…

I thank Representative Moore for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise with all of these other fabulous women in Congress to celebrate female trailblazers in Congress. I am going to speak to many of those trailblazers who hail from California…

How many per year re-initiate consultations on their plan, and what is the main reason that they do so?

Thank you, Chair Tiffany. Unfortunately, Ranking Member Neguse cannot stay for today's hearing, so I will fill in for him this afternoon.

I think the number is pretty low. It is around seven per year, I believe.

Thank you, Mr. Chair.