"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."
"Guam and our island nations are the center of American values and the center of the Pacific Ocean."
"the Inflation Reduction Act, of course, was the largest investment in climate change accompanying the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law"
"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, ov..."
"It is extraordinary to think that the U.S. Department of the Interior is now under the leadership of our nation's very first Indigenous Cabinet Secretary."
"the reason we had to go recess is actually because the Majority could not succeed in passing an appropriations bill"
"The Park Service is indeed making these spaces more accessible to all people and, as I said, telling a more complete history."
"The National Park Service should work with Congress to develop a more active, efficient management strategy for the National Park System."
"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 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."
"That is how we address this crisis, not sitting in rooms screaming to cameras."