Kathy Castor: “I urge the Committee to be bold and strategic in crafting a modern and thoughtful transportation package that tackles…”

It's wrong and fiscally unwise—and will set children back at a time that they need support.

I thank the gentleman for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this Republican bill that requires businessowners to spend more money and use more energy. Mr. Speaker, here we are at the end of March. It is the 83rd day since…

I urge all of my colleagues to support H.R. 7213, and I yield back the balance of my time.

My neighbors across Florida are grappling with skyrocketing electric bills. Ratepayers should not have to subsidize wealthy corporations’ growing energy demands, especially from AI datacenters.