Melanie Stansbury

Last summer was the warmest summer in recorded history.

the decorum of this Committee, and would like to correct some of the misinformation that has been stated here at this hearing today.

It is, as the Ranking Member said, truly a moral and, I believe, constitutional crisis in our legal system.

Last year, the Supreme Court handed down the Dobbs decision, which upended 50 years of settled law.

I am grateful that the Oversight is having a hearing today on judicial activism and dark money influences.

Last year, the Supreme Court handed down the Castro-Huerta decision, gutting Federal recognition of tribal sovereignty.

Let us follow the money.

Our commitment here is not only military and diplomatic, but also the common well-being of our communities.

Guam and our island nations are the center of American values and the center of the Pacific Ocean.

It is not just to address the strategic and military concerns that we have and economic concerns we have with the PRC, but to really celebrate and uphold our shared values as Americans.

We are here to make that commitment to you and to fight in Congress to make sure that we get those through the process.

The ways in which the PRC is undermining strategic and economic interest in the area, is trying to reshape narratives in the region.

I want to say thank you for your service, and thank you for your commitment.

I have watched as this Committee has devolved into a platform for conspiracy theories and misinformation and political theater over the last 6 months.

the propagation of dangerous rhetoric against those from other countries who are seeking asylum in our country not only threatens the lives of those individuals who are trying to come to our country for a better life, like so many of our…

The Park Service is indeed making these spaces more accessible to all people and, as I said, telling a more complete history.

the reason we had to go recess is actually because the Majority could not succeed in passing an appropriations bill

The opioid crisis has hit close to home, and in fact, I will never forget the morning in January in 2019, when I received the first call.

The National Park Service should work with Congress to develop a more active, efficient management strategy for the National Park System.

That is how we address this crisis, not sitting in rooms screaming to cameras.

what do you see are the biggest challenges and opportunities to really address these challenges going forward?

the Inflation Reduction Act, of course, was the largest investment in climate change accompanying the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

The behavior that we engage in here on this dais has impacts and implications for people out there, especially young people who watch us.

there is a double-edged sword in that having that Federal recognition and protection of these beautiful and important places brings greater attention and protection, but also brings, as you stated, over-love of some of those spaces

If we are not actually addressing the real issues that are leading to the crisis, then our family members and our friends are going to continue to die.