Dave Joyce

I recognize, though, for our forests to meet the needs of current and future generations, we must commit to finding ways to utilize, manage, and protect our Nation's forests while maintaining a viable market for wood products.

Madam Chair, before we close, I would like to enter a letter into the record from my distinguished colleague, Tim Ryan, about a company in his district and some of the processes that they use to help eliminate waste.

The residents, they are at the top of the food chain. They are our bosses, and they want recycling.

Given education is a proven tool to increasing recycling participation and producing more viable recyclable streams, last Congress I was proud to co-sponsor the Recycle Act.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I yield back.

I am so proud of what you have done at Nestle and the bold commitment that you have made to make 100 percent of your packaging recyclable, or reusable by 2025 and to reduce the use of virgin plastics by one-third.

She taught me a lot of lessons, too, in her time there.

Congratulations on your new role as the head of this Interior and Environment Subcommittee. It is well-deserved.

Thank you for allowing me to be here. Madam Chair, so nice to see you.

And so that has to be--and I think it was mentioned a number of times today: Getting development right, with the diplomacy and the security, has to be key.

We will not be able to keep committed nation state adversaries at bay, out of our system, out of our networks.

Happy wife is a happy life.

As a cochair of the House Nursing Caucus, I made the nursing workforce a priority since coming to Congress.

In February, I introduced H.R. 654, the Drug-Free Communities Pandemic Relief Act, which would boost Federal resources to the drug-free communities program.

Here in the district as well many small finance industry businesses who provide critical services to communities and played a key role during the pandemic are now being denied when they apply for forgiveness of their PPP loans despite…

As more and more Americans are vaccinated and normal economic activity returns, I also want to look at the future and consider how we can help small businesses reboot and contribute to our economic recovery as we return to normal.

I joined several of my colleagues in sending you a letter back in March noting disagreement on the SBA's decision to exclude air shows from the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program.

Considering the recent developments in Belarus last week--and I understand the administration's desire to impose sanctions on the inappropriate actors--or appropriate, depending on your definition.

I understand that you had problems. And I understand what you are saying, it was the symptoms of that problem.

And I will say that every frontline IRS employee who they would interact with, whether it is through a CSR or in a more direct collection format, is aware of the comments that I just made, and I expect our people to be understanding…

Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you, Miss Gonzalez-Colon, for sharing your thoughts on several programs that are important to your constituents in Puerto Rico.

I like to tell people on Lake Erie, we are suffering from the same problems with coastal erosion.

Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you, Ms. Haaland, for being here today to discuss the importance of funding for Indian affairs.

Given the importance of this event in our Nation's history, I want to be supportive of your efforts and give this site the recognition that it deserves and continue to provide robust funding for our Nation's parks.

As Chairwoman McCollum and I both understand very clearly, those runoffs can create and wreak havoc, as they have throughout the Great Lakes, on the Sound as well.