Joe Neguse

This is not particularly complicated. Since 1790 and the first population tally done in the United States, citizens and noncitizens have been included. Never before has the 14th Amendment been construed as the way that the gentlewoman from…

To discuss this proposal, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from California (Ms. Chu), who has been a tireless leader on this issue among so many others from California.

I would just simply say that insofar as my colleague from Indiana wants to have a debate about climate change or a debate about electric vehicles or renewable energy, I am certainly open, and I welcome that debate. I suspect it would be a…

We have to get this done.

Unfortunately, I will just say, Madam Secretary, that we have been frustrated that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have not put this bill on the Floor for a vote.

I think it is important that we acknowledge the need to be proactive in our efforts to conserve this critical resource.

We are proud of your service and your family's service to our country.

I find it offensive.

I certainly hope that the Senate will heed your call and our call to pass that bipartisan bill.

Again, I am going to go through this list of bills that they have noticed for Monday: the Liberty in Laundry Act, the Clothes Dryer Reliability Act, and the Refrigerator Freedom Act. I can assure the gentleman from Ohio, I don't think any…

I just want to read from an article from a few days ago. This is from FOX 5 in Atlanta. The headline: ``Marjorie Taylor Greene standing by eclipse, NE Earthquake comments.'' ``Georgia Congressman Marjorie Taylor Greene is standing by…

I thank my friend, the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Massie), for the customary 30 minutes. (Mr. NEGUSE asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

If they succeed, the economic prosperity fostered by President Biden's policies will be lost.

This war on government, this war on our separation of powers will make us all less safe.

Thank you for your consideration of this important legislation.

Impairing and impinging on the hard work done by dedicated career public servants.

I am so grateful to Congresswoman Leger Fernandez for her leadership in bringing this bill forward.

I doubt that that is going to happen. And I hope that this is not par for the course...

I think it is disappointing that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are trying to hold up necessary agency action intended to ensure that our lands are being managed appropriately.

Apparently, the only people who believe that we shouldn't be designating national monuments are House Republicans.

The Antiquities Act was passed in 1906 to permit exactly what this bill is trying to undermine, allowing for presidents to bypass congressional gridlock and protect critical Federal lands and resources.

In fact, annual polls conducted by Colorado College just last year have consistently found that an overwhelming majority of voters, of constituents, of citizens in the West in particular, support monument designations.

The resource management plans that these bills are attempting to stall are still only in the draft phase, so they are in an early stage of their process.

Now, it is labeled as 'congressional oversight,' but what this bill essentially does is strip the President of the executive authority to declare national monuments on existing Federal land.

I am deeply disappointed that today we are considering legislation that would do the opposite, and that would take us backwards in our efforts to protect and preserve our nation's public lands.