Darren Soto

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 22, line 25, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $1,000,000)''. Page 32, line 1, after the…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 22, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $1,000,000)''. Page 32, line 1, after the…

I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for his support, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Soto). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 42, line 24, insert ``In making such information publicly available, the Secretary shall, to the…

I thank Chairman Shuster for his support. The technical amendment was advised to us by the Parliamentarian. I thank the chairman again for his support. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 38, line 3, after ``storm damage reduction'' insert ``(including trough bars, coastal wetlands, and…

I thank Mr. Shuster for his support, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Soto). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 10 Offered by Mr…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 36, line 8, insert ``universities,'' after ``research and development centers,''. The Acting CHAIR…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 8, line 7, insert ``water storage,'' after ``aquifer recharge,''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House…

While I was born 15 years after the untimely death of Mr. Medgar Evers, we live in a more just and perfect union as a result of his sacrifices. So I thank his sacrifices and the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Thompson) for bringing this…

I thank the gentleman from Mississippi for, one, chronicling the legacy and untimely death of Medgar Evers, a favorite son of Mississippi and civil rights hero, and also for his personal remarks on how he inspired him. Mr. Speaker, I…

So, with our economy increasing from the 1970s from $5 trillion to $17 trillion, have we seen funding keep pace over time?

I assumed by the title, 'The Weaponization of the National Environmental Policy Act and the Implications of Environmental Lawfare,' that it is just hyperbole for let's have a wonderful bipartisan rational hearing on potential NEPA reform.

I have the honor of representing central Florida up here. And I also applaud my colleague from Florida, Congressman Webster, for his work on this issue as well.

This strikes a balance between preserving traditional cultural fishing in these areas and the overall intent to prevent large scale commercial fishing of these billfish.

I applaud you for hosting this hearing.

It would be consistent with preventing shark finning.

The main goal of this fix is to ensure protection against shark finning, much like the other bills that you have here today.

Thank you, Chairman Lamborn and Ranking Member Huffman, for holding this hearing today.

I want to thank all those who helped provide input on this legislation, I'd like to thank the Chairman for holding this hearing and I'd like to thank Representative Lieu and the other co-sponsors of H.R. 5248.

H.R. 4528 clarifies that the exemption for these areas allows the sale of billfish caught by U.S. fishing vessels.

Shark conservation and ending the global shark fin trade have long been top priorities of mine.

I am proud that while I was a California assemblyman, I led the effort to ban the buying and selling of shark fins in the state of California.

H.R. 1456, The Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act, would build on the leadership of these states and companies to make it illegal to buy and sell shark fins in the United States.

The Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act is a strong, bipartisan piece of legislation with over 230 co-sponsors, including every Democrat and a number of Republicans on this Committee.