I cannot wait to work with our colleague, Deb Haaland, when she is hopefully confirmed, as I would support, as the next Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior.

Shrinking municipal budgets, insufficient independent financing capabilities, and increasingly burdensome regulations without the necessary Federal support have strained communities' efforts to address these critical needs.

I believe it is going to take an all-hands-on-deck approach to reverse the decline of our Nation's water infrastructure.

These needs are substantial, and they continue to grow.

a 10-year permit would give more predictability to a community.

We need to carefully prioritize our investments in water infrastructure to ensure that we are adequately protecting the public health, promoting the economic growth of our communities, and preventing the degradation of the environment.

The question is what we can afford and how can we pay for it, and what I really want to focus on is how do we get the most value for the taxpayer dollar.

We need smarter asset management, increased efficiencies in our water systems, and to achieve that, we need to incentivize the adoption of new and innovative technologies that will cut costs and improve water quality.

I would like to thank the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure chair Peter DeFazio and the Subcommittee on Water and the Environment chair Grace Napolitano.

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In closing, the simplified permitting process under H.R. 4611 will provide more certainty to communities in the San Diego area, will increase water recycling and conservation efforts there, as well as reduce treated wastewater discharges…

In closing, H.R. 8326 will ensure that childcare availability is incorporated in the economic development strategies that are required for EDA grants. Mr. Speaker, I urge support of this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

In closing, H.R. 5919 will provide much- needed rental relief for the National Children's Museum consistent with the policy for other congressionally designated museums. Mr. Speaker, I again want to thank Ranking Member Davis for his work…

This bill recognizes that 2020 has been an unusual year with multiple and layered disaster declarations, and it would adjust the Federal cost share for disasters declared this year, including for COVID. H.R. 8266 would also clarify the…

This is in direct conflict with the bipartisan principles that on-farm stewardship should be locally-led, voluntary, and incentive-based.

Many of the agricultural recommendations do highlight the benefits farm bill programs play in assisting farmers, ranchers, and foresters in being the best stewards of the land.

I am prepared to work in a bipartisan manner to improve upon current programs and find new solutions, but I cannot support an extreme climate agenda that fails to consider rural Americans who have to shoulder the burden of the majority of…

a little investment up front saves a lot of taxpayer money on the back end

the port there at Wilmington is a crucial component to commerce in North Carolina

Today is a very sad day for our Republic. The country is now more divided than it ever has been in my lifetime. The truth has been trampled by this House of Representatives. Because of the abuses of the FBI and the Department of Justice…

The Washington Post headlined the story immediately following President Trump taking the oath of office stating: ``The campaign to impeach President Trump has begun.'' How accurate they were. Here we are, almost 3 years later, and what we…

After months of delay, the House is on the cusp of approving the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, a landmark trade deal that fulfills President Trump's promise to renegotiate and improve NAFTA. This agreement reduces tariffs, cracks down on…

These programs are critically important to our maintaining and enhancing our influence in the world, in addition to the humanitarian aspect and the economic development aspect of them.

I would like to know those metrics and how they stack up over time.

I just think it is important to underscore the role that these programs play in terms of maintaining and enhancing America's influence in the world when we have a lot of actors out there that don't share the same values that we have.