Kathy Castor

I would ask that we not make any personal attacks on any individual, especially if they are not a party to our hearing today.

Thankfully, this bipartisan infrastructure law gives us new resources to work with the Biden administration to make our grid more reliable and resilient.

We are all about domestic energy in this hearing today.

I urge my colleagues to please join me in co-sponsoring the American Music Fairness Act, and just ensuring that all our artists and American workers are paid their fair share.

After two years of no touring for many performers, years during which many of these artists lost significant portions of their expected income, this bill really does help many Americans get back on track, get back on their feet again.

I am proud to be a co-sponsor of the American Music Fairness Act, a bill which really just kind of levels the playing field for music royalty payments by ensuring that our recording artists, singers, and musicians are all paid their fair…

Congress should establish a Resilience Directorate within the Office of the Chief of Engineers to improve the Corps' ability to reduce flood risks.

Thank you for the opportunity to highlight important water resource priorities that will protect and improve the water quality of Tampa Bay.

the Build Back Better Act is going to more than pay for itself ultimately in the reduced costs of climate harm

Every time they expand the lanes, you know, what we learn is it just takes up more and more vehicles.

You know, everything that we did in crafting the Build Back Better Act was targeted to lowering costs for American families and businesses across the board.

The bipartisan infrastructure law made progress, and the Build Back Better Act will take us farther.

We clearly have to take action now on 230, on children's privacy, everyone's privacy, and especially the design of these platforms.

The Build Back Better Act will put more money into the pockets of working Americans rather than excessive oil company and electric utility profits.

Households could save about $500 dollars every year just on energy costs by embracing renewables, electric vehicles, home weatherization and electric appliances.

Investing in clean energy will make America healthier and more resilient and unleash incredible economic benefits for American families.

The Build Back Better Act will put more money in the pockets of working Americans rather than excessive oil company and electric utility profits.

Build Back Better means cleaner, less expensive energy for consumers and businesses across America.

The Build Back Better Act also will help more Americans make the switch to money-saving (and fun-to-drive) electric cars and trucks.

We devoted historic amounts of new money into crisis intervention, mental health, substance use disorder services.

They cannot arrest their way out of this.

I really appreciate President Biden and the administration's forceful and comprehensive strategy to tackle the opioid crisis.

I thank Chairman Pallone for yielding the time. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of my bipartisan legislation with Representative Kim Schrier, the PREVENT HPV Cancers Act. Mr. Speaker, if Dr. Francis Collins, the head of the NIH…

What I have heard from you is that clean and renewable energy will create jobs, it will lower cost, it will clean up the air, it will reduce pollution, and provide health benefits in areas of the country that really need it.

The original stewards of the land, Indigenous people and communities, have a great deal to teach us about tackling climate change.