Niki Tsongas

Given the information that we have learned from the gas explosions that devastated the Merrimack Valley in September, it is now clear that this disaster was entirely preventable.

The Contra Costa Canal serves as a primary water delivery system for 500,000 people in central and eastern Contra Costa County, California. The canal system is currently too exposed, resulting in safety hazards, degraded water quality and…

Expanding broadband access in rural America and communities adjacent to public lands is a bipartisan priority on the Natural Resources Committee. I want to thank Representative Curtis for working with committee Democrats to improve this…

As we know, H.R. 5532 establishes the Reconstruction Era National Historical Park in and around Beaufort, South Carolina, to honor, protect, and preserve the historic structures and other resources from that chapter in American history. We…

I thank Ranking Member Smith for his always knowledgeable and articulate leadership. I have appreciated it very much as I have served on this committee. Mr. Speaker, it has been my privilege to serve as the ranking member of the Tactical…

I want to enter into the Record two haunting stories from migrant mothers reported this month. The first, ``Don't take my child away,'' said a mother, and her child started screaming and vomiting and crying hysterically. And she asked the…

My amendment increases funding by $5 million for the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy for the purposes of offshore wind job training grants. The amendment is paid for by using an equal offset from the…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Massachusetts will be postponed. {time} 1730 Amendment No. 14 Offered by Mr. Soto 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 21, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $5,000,000)''. Page 32, line 1, after the…

This amendment really is a very modest investment in our Nation's workforce and, therefore, worthy of increased funding devoted to this purpose. We can't just be investing in energy technologies; we need to be investing in our people who…

I thank Ranking Member Smith for yielding. Earlier this month, the Armed Services Committee advanced the fiscal year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act to the House floor with broad, bipartisan support. I thank Chairman Thornberry and…

I join Ranking Member Grijalva in opposing this legislation and urge my colleagues to vote ``no.'' For 45 years, the Endangered Species Act has served as one of our Nation's bedrock environmental statutes. The bald eagle, the American…

I am gravely concerned not only about our efforts to correct this ongoing problem, but also about the impact it may be having on the recruitment, retention, and confidence level of the pilots we ask to fly this aircraft.

The question for Congress is, in my view, how do we keep it that way and make it even better?

Crafted on a bipartisan basis by Congress and signed into law by President Nixon, NEPA has informed Federal decision making and increased transparency for over 40 years.

To put it simply, NEPA makes sure that we 'look before we leap,' and are using taxpayer dollars wisely.

Tomorrow the House will vote on H.R. 1, the so-called Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which Republicans say will support America's middle class. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Middle-income Americans will receive, at best, one-fifth of the…

I thank Ranking Member Smith and Chairman Thornberry for their leadership. I would also like to thank Chairman Turner for his partnership and leadership this year on the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee and for maintaining the…

I think it is important to remember that we are having this hearing today because it has been 47 days since the landfall of Hurricane Maria, and yet our fellow Americans in Puerto Rico are still enduring a humanitarian crisis.

Many still do not have safe drinking water.

I too, feel that we as a full body of Congress should have the opportunity to debate an authorization for use of military force.

I have serious reservations about the funding-related elements of the Army's new plan.

For more than 50 years, community health centers across the United States have delivered affordable, accessible, and quality primary healthcare to patients regardless of their ability to pay. They care for the whole person, bringing…

I would just like to first remind my distinguished colleague from Alaska, who I know cares very deeply about his constituents, that in 2009, he did vote for the omnibus land package that included the language that I would like to see…