While I appreciate my colleague's statement-- and I don't know that I heard a particular answer to the fundamental question as to whether or not he would be supportive of this bill were his amendment to pass--again, I think we are trying…

I want to say a deep note of gratitude to my distinguished colleague and my good friend from Colorado (Mr. Crow), who served our country so bravely and so honorably. We are all deeply grateful for his service in the Armed Forces and, of…

It is beyond disheartening to hear that our veterans are not being given the appropriate level of review on their immigration cases.

Fundamentally, we all collectively are going to have to adopt strategies that enable us to move into a future in which microplastics are not polluting our planet.

Why would we make it more difficult for the men and women who are risking their lives in service of this country to become permanent members of our society? This is both short-sighted and cold-hearted.

this notion that we can't adapt, that removing microplastics--suddenly we all will be amiss--with the realities of trying to replace the plastic tube that carries toothpaste, to me is a false choice.

It is un-American to deport immigrants fighting for our safety and our freedom.

This bill will fix the problem that resulted from a policy change announced in August that takes effect today, which makes it more difficult for children of U.S. citizens serving our country abroad to be recognized as U.S. citizens.

I think a lot about the world that she will inherit. And much of the work that we do here in this Committee and in this Congress is about fighting to make sure that the world she inherits is a better one than we did.

I'm glad we were able to work together across the aisle to introduce this important legislation.

Our veterans deserve better, and we owe it to them to find a way to bring compassion and discretion back into our immigration laws.

I want to thank Chair Lofgren and Representative Correa for holding this important hearing.

You don't get the labor exemption. We've seen that kind of gaming at the border, so we need broad action to reinstate the original congressional purposes.

Thank you, Lieutenant Colonel. And the stories you share today are stories we certainly need to hear, and I hope that the administration is listening.

I am such a small part of this world, but I want to do everything I can to fix this problem.

For my constituents, who are suffering from this reality every day, ultimately, for the people across this Nation and the world who are doing the same, it is imperative that we address this issue.

if you want to take care of your children, you have to start addressing these incredibly inconvenient things

Clearly, there's somewhere in the middle here where I think we all can come to an agreement that noncompetes may be appropriate in certain circumstances, but the way in which they're being abused in a variety of different industries and…

Natural solutions are an important piece of solving the climate crisis, and certainly that has been adduced through both the testimony from the witnesses today as well as the comments of my colleagues.

I must confess I am disappointed by some, not all, but some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle who chose to use their time impugning the integrity of former Government officials instead of talking today with these…

Part of what is the most disturbing for me and gives me the most pause, and I suspect some of my colleagues, is what you mentioned earlier, Ms. Floris, which is that it is happening in real time.

I think that the focus on natural solutions, this is one of those areas in which there is a real potential for bipartisan solutions to emerge.

Earlier this year the Congress permanently reauthorized the LWCF but failed to provide permanent funding for the program.

In July, earlier this year, I introduced two bipartisan bills, the study on improving lands, or SOIL Act, and the Sustainable Agriculture Research Act, and the goal of these bills is to support the efforts in carbon sequestration on…

The Land and Water Conservation Fund has helped conserve and safeguard thousands of acres of natural areas across the United States, including nearly 200 projects in Colorado's Second District alone that, as I mentioned, I have the honor…