This amendment is not a coastal resilience amendment. This amendment has nothing to do with the underlying bill; in fact, it was a miracle that it was ruled germane. This amendment instead is simply an unneeded handout to oil and gas…

We understand that for some industries interested in the exploitation of our oceans that the Marine Mammal Protection Act is inconvenient. We understand that we ask for limitations on the activities of those industries, which would…

I am prepared to close after the gentleman closes, and I reserve the balance of my time.

I applaud the sponsor of this amendment, my colleague from the beautiful and critical Virginia coast. Everything she said in her remarks could easily have applied to many, many of our military installations across the country. Of course…

Again, these en bloc amendments are critical additions and positive additions to a critical bill. These amendments address major issues related to the harmful impacts of climate change and other man-made effects on our oceans, our…

For our majority colleagues, I deeply appreciate my colleague's comments in support of his amendment and his appreciation and understanding of the communities that he represents, in terms of the impacts of climate change and other man-made…

Invasive species have drastically impacted agriculture in Hawaii, threatening some of the island's most valuable crops.

I would deeply appreciate this Committee's careful consideration of my proposal, given the unique challenges we face in preventing and controlling invasives.

American agriculture doesn't much care about partisanship and is, in fact, a unifier across our nation.

Can anyone seriously dispute that our Federal fiscal house is seriously out of order? Our national debt stands at $23 trillion, doubling in just the last decade alone. No end is in sight, as we just registered $1 trillion annual deficit in…

I deeply appreciate my friend and colleague from New Mexico leading this Special Hour and yielding me time to join in recognizing November as Native American Heritage Month, a time for us to reflect on and celebrate the rich histories and…

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 6, line 8, after the 1st close parenthesis, insert ``, which definition is deemed, for purposes of…

I appreciate very much that, in the middle of the remarks of my colleague, I certainly heard and detected support for this amendment. I appreciate my colleague in the minority recognizing the importance of minority- and women-owned…

We have 1,400 Hawaiian monk seals left in the entire world, and declining. They get entrapped in this debris and die.

A beach that I used to walk on that was pretty white is now all different colors: green, yellow, red.

The first is that he asked what exactly is the problem, and the second question that he asked was why should Americans take the blame for the excesses of the rest of the world.

In the state of Hawaii, we have the largest marine monument in our country, Papahanaumokuakea National Marine Monument.

I worry that an overburdensome regulatory regime could hurt small businesses and stifle Montana's rapidly growing high-tech sector.

Hunting is a way of life in Montana, in many parts of the country.

Now we just cannot accept that anymore, because I suspect that cost is going to accelerate...

I support the Compacts. I support our relationship on a number of levels, whether you want to talk about trust responsibilities...

However, the impact of the Compacts thus far on specific jurisdictions in our country are not acceptable anymore.

Now we just cannot accept that anymore...

The cost to Hawaii is probably somewhere around $300 million-plus today.

I am willing to work with you on that on behalf of Native Hawaiians, and not just in Hawaii but everywhere.