Yes. I couldn't agree more, and I agree with you on the team approach.

I rise today to honor the memories of the lives that were lost in Las Vegas on October 1, 2017. Four years ago tomorrow, the Las Vegas community experienced tragedy on an unprecedented scale. Tens of thousands of people gathered that night…

I have been fighting for increased funding to mitigate our current wildfires and prevent further catastrophes.

I want to thank Chair Peters for holding this hearing. It is really important as natural disasters have been occurring more frequently all around the country and all around the world.

Climate change has increased the severity and frequency of wildfires and other natural disasters.

We are hoping that we are going to be able to pass some legislation that will create permanent, year-round positions for wildland firefighters.

no legitimate entity would make a request for that personal information.

I just think that there'd be broad support to be sure that we make any train carrying nuclear waste, hazardous waste be the safest trains that there are.

This is a terrific hearing. It could not be more timely.

I want to build on what Senator Kaine really was talking about.

This proposal is not only dangerous, it's unrealistic.

We support your ports. We have other things, other ways we get our goods into Nevada.

For Nevadans, the transportation of hazardous waste to our state by road and rail is something we've been fighting since the 1980s.

I'm looking forward to working with Ranking Member Scott, Chair Cantwell, Ranking Member Wicker, and all the members of the Subcommittee to use what we've learned today to finalize our bipartisan Omnibus Tourism legislation so that we can…

This comprehensive legislation will support the recovery of the travel and tourism economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

We want to bring back visitors. We want to increase travel spending and we want to create jobs.

This safe practical step will provide a much-needed boost to our travel and tourism economy.

However, the travel and tourism industry, vital to every state's economy and work forces, still needs significant help.

Of course, our Harry Reid International Airport, at one point we had about 50 million visitors a year and now this last July we had 4.1 million visitors, and we're nearing pre-pandemic passenger volume but we have to improve that.

I don't have to tell anybody about the great conferences and conventions we have in Las Vegas, some of the greatest conventions in the world.

The creation of an Assistant Secretary position will allow for that greater cross-agency, cross-industry, and other cross-business collaboration.

We need these types of programs in place and this type of leadership at the top of these agencies.

Having an office like this within the Administration to pursue this is vital to our success in my opinion.

before I begin, I want to take a moment to acknowledge the passing of Richard Trumka, just as my colleagues have been speaking of him so wonderfully. You know, during his time leading the AFL-CIO, he was a tireless defender of workers and…

last summer, the United States saw up close the horrific damage that wildfires can do to our communities. In 2020, nearly 300,000 acres in Nevada burned to the ground. Right now, the Tamarack fire is devastating the Nevada-California…