Joe Neguse

Republican Presidents and Democratic Presidents have signed into law a wide variety of wilderness designations.

I am very proud of that designation. I am proud of the steps that we took to honor our nation's veterans.

I presume he misspoke with respect to Camp Hale.

I can tell you the answer is zero.

It was a priority for our Subcommittee, and I think and I certainly hope that the former Ranking Member, my friend from Idaho, Mr. Fulcher, would concur with that.

We processed and moved more stand-alone pieces of legislation in this Subcommittee than any other Natural Resources Subcommittee.

This Subcommittee is really a workhorse.

I want to say congratulations to you on your chairmanship and certainly looking forward to working with you.

Come to Port Arthur. Come and see what we are doing. Come and breathe the air.

It is my firm belief and expectation that the House of Representatives will take swift action to seat our delegate to Congress.

I urge you to seat Kim Teehee without delay.

It seems clear from the language of the treaty that this right is not self-executing and would require action by Congress to implement.

I am glad to see Tribes advocating for their treaties with such conviction, and today's hearing represents a starting point in that bipartisan process of recognizing Tribal treaty rights.

If the House ultimately decides to move forward, it will only do so after a bipartisan recognition of the claim and a bipartisan process going forward.

I have always voiced my support for the Federal Government to honor its treaty obligations.

Those smart technologies are crucial for my communities, for communities across the State of Colorado and, indeed, across the Rocky Mountain West, as wildfires become more pervasive here.

We need to plan. We need visibility. We need technologies that allow us to understand when something is going to happen

We have to ensure that our infrastructure is prepared for these events

Climate change is only increasing the severity and the frequency of extreme weather events and natural disasters like wildfires

I have been advocating for that, really building on something that Earl Blumenauer and I introduced, the Renewable Energy Investment Act.

We introduced with Senator Wyden last year the Disaster Safe Power Grid Act

I certainly appreciate the gentlewoman's support, her attention, and her description about the need for funding to help rural communities recover from natural disasters and emergencies. I certainly share the desire to ensure that rural…

I would simply say, Madam Chair, in the spirit of bipartisanship--which I think has been reflective of so many of the bills that are included within this important and critical package that has been brought to the floor today--that I…

I have great respect for my colleague from Washington, and we have worked together closely in the past. I would just say that we are considering a number of amendments today, including an amendment from the Republican leader, Mr. McCarthy…

I say thank you to my Republican colleague and neighbor from Utah and that we are glad we can get his bill into this important bipartisan Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act package. Madam Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman…