The American West has a real, long-term water challenge, and we are excited that, in the bipartisan infrastructure package, that there is $50 billion for western water storage.

We are very proud of the $8.3 billion that is in the Build Back Better Act to help with Western water issues.

Fires, droughts, low snowpack, we see the drastic and terrible effects of global climate change deeply hurting the western United States.

We are at a crossroads with American manufacturing. We have the opportunity to change our trajectory, to boost domestic manufacturing, and stop this manufacturing decline, especially in areas of strategic and national security interests.

Puerto Rico faces major challenges. The people need reliable power. The blackouts need to stop.

I am excited. We are on the precipice of passing the largest investment in broadband infrastructure in our Nation's history.

But, basically, the goodwill, the ability, and the possibility of the people making that, we need to change that.

Colleagues, let's stop the blackouts, and let's make sure we ensure a more clean energy and renewable energy.

We must have some changes.

The American people have spoken. It is time to build back better. Today's historic vote shows that President Biden and the Democratic Congress are united and that we are keeping our promises to the American people who put us in office…

last term we had put forward a working draft for privacy, something that I applaud you, Madam Chairwoman, for starting the ball rolling on.

It is critical that we give you all the tools you can use to handle this.

I thank Chairman Pallone, Chairwoman Schakowsky, Representative McNerney, Ranking Member Rodgers, Ranking Member Bilirakis, and Representative Guthrie for bringing forward these key bills on technology. Emerging technologies like…

Florida has been a leader on climate resilience and coastal resilience.

I just want to thank you for your clear concern for marine mammals and for wanting to come up with solutions that will really be effective because if we don't have the heart to save the manatees, then we have sort of lost the love that…

Thank you for putting together this omnibus of multiple, amazing bills.

Well, we hope you will consider raising it to endangered again.

Coastal tourism in Florida is a huge economic source of prosperity for the state of Florida.

There is a bipartisan concern about the unusual mortality event among manatees in Florida.

And, Chairman, thank you for including Representative Brownley's bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish climate impact management plans to conserve marine mammal species.

It is part of the slate of bills that would make sure that we have more regional ocean partnerships.

There is a place called the Indian River Lagoon as well as the Saint Johns River, estuaries and rivers on the East Coast of Florida, right near our district, and we have seen huge development over the years, as well as an increase in…

It has taken 120 years for Puerto Ricans to get to this moment, and it is time to give Americans in Puerto Rico one last binding referendum to choose whether to be admitted as a state or not.

The Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act authored by Congressman Darren Soto.

Puerto Rico must accept their reality as a colony.