I thank the gentlewoman for yielding her time. I thank Chair Westerman and his staff for working with Congressman Mfume and the whole Maryland delegation over the last few months. It has been a pleasure. I appreciate very much the work to…

I thank Representative Ramirez for yielding. I salute the Progressive Congressional Caucus for pulling together this Special Order to talk about the importance of strengthening our democracy. You are absolutely right to begin the…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me time. Mr. Chair, I rise with respect to an amendment that I introduced with Congressman Bilirakis that has already been made part of the en bloc, which has been agreed to. I am very appreciative of…

I thank Congressman Mfume for organizing this very important and special tribute. It is a tribute, as you have already heard, to the six hardworking men who lost their lives during this collapse of the bridge on March 26. They got up that…

This bill takes important steps to support the ongoing restoration of the Chesapeake Bay by reauthorizing NOAA's Chesapeake Bay Office and authorizing the agency's long-running Bay Watershed Education and Training, or B-WET Grant program.

We would like to thank Rep. Sarbanes for introducing this important piece of bipartisan legislation

The health of the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed can only continue to improve through robust Federal, state, and local partnerships.

I hope that today's hearing is the first step in continuing that legacy of strong bipartisan support for the Chesapeake Bay in this Congress.

It is important to be clear that EPA's proposed standards are reasonable, performance-based emissions standards and constitute neither a national electric vehicle mandate nor an internal combustion ban.

each of which--each of which--would hamper EPA's ability to regulate air pollution and, unfortunately, continues this Republican agenda of putting Big Oil interests over the interests of the public.

Congress gave EPA this role more than 50 years ago under the Clean Air Act and reaffirmed that responsibility in 2005 under the Energy Policy Act.

I was unable to vote today. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 272, H.R. 1606; and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 273, H.R. 3672. personal explanation

I thank the ranking member for yielding. Mr. Chair, I rise in strong opposition to this bill. Today, we are arguing about a proposed Department of Energy efficiency standard for stoves, not just gas stoves, but every sort of kitchen stove…

They want to be on the field of their democracy. They want to feel like they have some power within their own democracy.

It's a national environmental treasure. It's a regional economic engine. It's been one of my top priorities since I've come to Congress.

Without the strong and continued investment the EPA has requested for the Chesapeake Bay Program in fiscal year 2024, the risk is we could jeopardize decades of work in collaboration towards the Bay's restoration.

The goal was not to federalize elections across the country; the goal was to set some uniform standards.

Maryland's total-cost-of-care model also allows our State to invest in other health system goals, like lowering the maternal mortality rate and the opioid overdose mortality rate.

Last year, as you know, Congress finally--finally, after many, many decades, really--took the historic step of standing up to Big Pharma and enacting policies that are already--we are seeing it--lowering healthcare costs for millions of…

These are successes that are going to create new jobs. They are going to strengthen our domestic clean energy production.

I have to say when we passed that Inflation Reduction Act, it was the first time in a long time that I did not feel powerless or feel that we were powerless in the face of climate change coming at us.

If we have a better understanding of these factors, we can address them more effectively, which will, in turn, improve patient access and care overall.

As the Inflation Reduction Act reforms continue to be implemented over the coming years, we must continue to build on this success.

the majority of Americans agree that climate change needs to be addressed now--not 10 years from now or 100 years from now, but now.