Betty McCollum: “I expressed my serious concerns with how this resolution was written then, but nothing has changed.”

I rise in opposition to the slate of permitting bills that the Republican majority has brought to the House Floor this week.

Secretary Hegseth’s desire to conduct a public execution is disturbing and should be stopped. The Army has not conducted an execution by firing squad since World War II and the U.S. has not had a public execution since 1936.

H.R. 881 is a solution in search of a problem.

We cannot afford to abandon these investments during a worsening climate crisis.