Niki Tsongas: “I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Massachusetts is recognized for 5 minutes.”

I don't have any additional speakers. I would just like to say that energy infrastructure is critical to our economy, yet we cannot simply give the fossil fuel industry a carte blanche to build pipelines that adversely impact conservation…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, after line 14, insert the following: (D) Additional requirement for oil and natural gas pipeline…

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