I certainly will take my colleague up on his invitation, and look forward to visiting his district and having him come to Boulder and Fort Collins, where I know there are plenty of 16- and 17-year-olds who are very eager to be able to…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle A of title I of the bill, insert the following: PART 8--VOTER REGISTRATION OF MINORS…

I am proud to offer an amendment today to ensure early registration, or pre-registration, for all 16- and 17- year-olds across the country ahead of their 18th birthday. To be clear, my amendment does not lower the voting age; it simply…

I thank my colleague from the other side of the aisle for his thoughtful comments. I would say that I think this amendment is a bipartisan amendment in the sense that it will apply equally to every 16- and 17-year-old across the country…

I think it is important--we can get lost in the technical language. These air gun blasts happen every 10 seconds for hours on end, for weeks on end, to a species that calls the ocean home.

I think what we have kind of lost sight of there, right, is the charity aspect and obligation that a nonprofit hospital has.

I do not think that is a negligible impact, and I think the science makes clear that is not the case.

I represent the great state of Colorado, and although we are a landlocked state, we certainly care very deeply about our oceans and the species that call our oceans home.

One of our key findings is that hospitals that have fewer potential competitors nearby have substantially higher prices.

We are turning away asylum seekers at our ports. We are driving them to places that are more treacherous and dangerous.

This obsession with a wall, which will be funded at the expense of our military, is heartbreaking to me.

We have an obligation to solve this in a compassionate, humanitarian way, but, again, this is not new, this is not an emergency.

As the son of African immigrants, this issue hits very close to home for me.

I mean, I want to give you a chance to respond to this IG's finding because it is a very concerning finding that paperwork would have been the driving factor behind not reuniting these parents with their children.

The thought that even one family separation could have been prevented outrages me.

I hope we see it move through the House and signed by the President soon.

Well, I guess what I would say, Provost, is we will follow by letter because I think it is important to get to the bottom of precisely why.

It is absolutely astounding to hear that even a single case of family separation could have been avoided.

While we may have some differences in outlook, there are many common-sense solutions that Republicans and Democrats can pursue.

I respectfully disagree in the framing of this hearing as a publicity stage or publicity stunt.

I agree with Dr. Hansen, that inaction is just simply not an option.

This is, in fact, an important Subcommittee hearing on the defining issue of our time, which is the planetary crisis.

I represent the State of Colorado. In Colorado, recreational use of marijuana was legalized in 2014.

I look forward to working with him on criminal justice reform.

Researchers at the University of Colorado, which I am proud to represent, are working hard to understand the health effects.