Niki Tsongas

Since Theodore Roosevelt's designation of our first national monument, Devil's Tower in Wyoming, 16 Presidents from both parties have used the Antiquities Act to protect more than 160 of America's best known and loved landscapes. Only…

Many of our Nation's public lands, those lands which belong to all Americans, are managed under a multiple use mandate. This means that they are managed to support a wide variety of uses, including hunting, fishing, hiking, and other…

The Federal Land Policy and Management Act requires the Bureau of Land Management to manage the public lands it administers according to two principles, as we both agree: multiple use of the landscape and sustained yield of renewable…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

Because what does bring us here today is the recognition that our Nation's Air Force faces a growing set of diverse and complex challenges around the world.

Our Nation has been repeatedly confronted by senseless and tragic acts of gun violence; and now our country grieves with yet more heartache following the shocking and horrific attack in Dallas last week, an attack that took place during a…

My home State of Massachusetts has enacted some of the most comprehensive gun violence prevention laws in the Nation, including universal background checks. Thanks to these commonsense reforms, Massachusetts has one of the lowest rates of…

Last week, I had the opportunity to hear from the families of victims of gun violence. Each story was unique and heartbreaking. But for all the differences in their tragic circumstances, one common thread was echoed by every individual in…

``I was not ready to tell my boyfriend or parents that actually, I may have been raped behind a dumpster, but I don't know by who or when or how. If I told them, I would see the fear on their faces, and mine would multiply by tenfold, so…

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Chair, first of all, I would just like to set the record straight. Cash allowances are a circumvention of the Berry amendment. They are not Berry-compliant. Then just to address a couple of the issues that have…

This amendment would undermine a provision included in both the House- and Senate-passed NDAAs that is aimed at ensuring that the Department of Defense adheres to the law, a law that DOD indicated that it would follow once a 100 percent…

This position is shared by both Army Chief of Staff Mark Milley and Marine Commandant Robert Neller. I urge my colleagues to reject this rule that denies the current reality of military service, limits gender equality, ignores a bipartisan…

I missed a vote on H.R. 4901 in order to attend a family wedding. Had I been present for this vote, I would have voted ``no'' on rollcall 179 (H.R. 4901). personal explanation

The economic viability and success of Puerto Rico is an issue that is really important to many of my constituents in my district in Massachusetts.

We, in Congress, have a responsibility to address the crisis facing Puerto Rico.

Thanks to the leadership and hard work of my colleague, Representative Larson of Connecticut, Congress established the Coltsville National Historical Park at the end of 2014. The law that established the park authorized the National Park…

As I have served on the Armed Services Committee it has been my experience that absent oversight from Congress the services neglect to design and field equipment with specific requirements for women.

these lands belong to all Americans, that they are part of our national heritage, and that we have to keep this in mind as many difficult decisions are being made.

Despite widespread public support for the National Park Service, its budget has been decreasing.

This bill adjusts the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in Georgia to include two historically significant structures, the Wallace House and Kolb's Farm, and to assist in the preservation of the story of the…

This bill amends the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Improvement Act to extend the authorization of a waiver for certain commercial traffic on U.S. Route 209, a federally owned highway that runs through the Delaware Water Gap…

These constraints require the Army, the Department of Defense [DOD], and Congress to closely examine the appropriate distribution of active Guard and Reserve forces.

The Army is being asked to do more with less against an array of diverse and complex global threats.

I appreciate, Admiral Moran, your talking about the manual backup oxygen system, but I think we all would be concerned by the fact that you are asking a potentially incapacitated pilot to sort of help himself out of this.

We here in Congress have no greater responsibility than making sure that the men and women we send into harm's way are provided with the best and safest equipment available.