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

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

But rather, it is the case that the United States will lose credibility within the region and beyond.

I am deeply committed to making sure that we get these Compacts done.

Maintaining strong relationships with the Freely Associated States is essential to countering this influence and to maintaining peace and economic stability abroad and at home.

Obviously, the national security, not only of the United States, but of the globe, depends on our ability to address issues in the South Pacific.

The Pueblo people are tied to this place through their lineage, through their songs, through their prayers.

The protection of Chaco Canyon is supported by the vast majority of New Mexicans.

Chaco Canyon is a sacred place.

if we are effective in implementing the policies that this body last Congress passed with the Inflation Reduction Act, ... then we will avert a global climate crisis

all communities deserve to be protected in this country. They all deserve clean air. They all deserve clean water.

the United States has a fundamental responsibility, especially on the global scale, of addressing our emissions across every single sector