Niki Tsongas: “Not only do national monuments protect our Nation's most treasured public lands, but they also directly benefit rural…”

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

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 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.

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.