Niki Tsongas: “H.R. 5780 undermines years of effort to find common ground, and it is a missed opportunity to advance conservation…”

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.

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.

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…