Dave Joyce

I certainly believe that wetlands are nature's kidneys, and we need to continue work on them as best we can.

Could additional restoration progress be made by investing in innovative projects, like natural infrastructure project designs, like wetlands, technologies or approaches that yield nutrient and harmful algal bloom reduction benefits at…

Despite increased GLRI funding, significant work to reduce nonpoint source pollution and efforts to mitigate impacts that human activities have had on the Great Lakes, we continue to hear reports about the growing threat of harmful algal…

As co-chair of the House Recycling Caucus, I have been proud to also co-lead H.R. 5906, the RECYCLE Act, to help protect our invaluable natural resources.

I have been supportive of EPA's Trash-Free Waters program which provides resources to help communities keep trash out of U.S. waterways and prevent microplastics from entering our food supply and drinking water sources.

I ask myself what we could do manually, by man, to do this.

I consistently hear concerns about the increasing water levels in Lake Erie and their contribution to the ongoing erosion damage to shoreline communities.

I am deeply concerned that the President's so-called 'pause' on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands and waters may be the first step of a larger strategy to price domestic fossil energy out of the market.

The Great Lakes are especially vital to both of our districts, and we have fought together to protect them for a long time.

To starve them to death on the range is not compassionate, nor is it humane.

I have become kind of the horse guy, among other things, and I am a little bit of a one-trick pony on this.

Mining today is much different than it was in years past and we can do it environmentally, safely, but we have to have access to some of those mineral deposits in this country and on our Federal lands.

We have sufficient supplies of these rare earths in the United States but, unfortunately, because of restrictions, making it difficult to get permitting for mining some of these resources, we have made it almost impossible to access these…

As a former prosecutor and cofounder of the Bipartisan Task Force to End Sexual Violence, I am encouraged by your recent announcement.

That is why Representative Kilmer and I are working hard together to pass our bill, H.R. 654.

The opioid epidemic has been affecting every person in households across the country.

I am pleased to see that you have continued doing this important work at the Department.

It is truly a privilege to join you in welcoming our distinguished witness, a former colleague, a member of the Pueblo of Laguna, and 54th Secretary of the Interior, the Honorable Deb Haaland.

I can tell by the decimation of the ash trees in my woods.

Keeping forests as forests is the number one water quality enhancement that you can do

As more budgetary details become available, my colleagues and I anticipate working with you to move forward a budget...

I appreciate you holding today's hearing with the U.S. Forest Service to learn more about the Administration's fiscal year 2022 discretionary budget proposal.

Today's oversight hearing provides an opportunity to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected arts and humanities organizations across the country and how Federal resources are being used to mitigate the virus' impact.

So this is about job creation.

Last Congress, I was proud to cosponsor Congressman Bruce Westerman's bill, the Trillion Trees Act, to plant 1 trillion trees globally by 2050 and promote sustainable forest practices to make our forests more resilient to disease and…