I think if I had a magic wand, I would, you know, throw a couple more billion dollars into these key ecosystems that are threatened.

Will you commit to making sure that Oregon and other states that don't have their own Green Banks can still have access to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund?

DFC has blinders on, and is continuing to support all these fossil projects.

Adding new emissions through pipeline expansions, like the GTN Xpress, is incompatible with President Biden's pledge, and it would undermine Oregon's efforts for a clean energy future.

Your position as the first Native American Cabinet Secretary is historic.

I think it is actually something that you would have the power to do without legislation.

Thank you, Chair Merkley, Ranking Member Murkowski and all members of the subcommittee for the opportunity to submit testimony in support of full funding of $425 million in FY 2024 for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.

Forest Service salaries--I should say, Federal salaries, in many of the locations across the country is not holding up to salaries in other non-Federal jobs.

boosting the boots on the ground, if you will, across Indian country seems to be a central tenet of this request.

Always better if a problem never occurs, a crime is never committed.

Congress needs to provide for an annual base funding increase to support ongoing operation and improvement obligations.

The Budget is a historic step and the start of an ongoing conversation with Tribes to ensure the IHS system is meeting the healthcare needs in Indian Country.

the primary reason that I have been hearing, personally from firefighters, is the pay gap.

Once we lose them there, they are gone. And we know how hard it is to get the phosphorus out of the lake.

It is exciting, as someone who grew up during the Vietnam War, to see the positive relationship that we now have with Vietnam, and hoping to build on that.

I am still concerned that the EPA is failing to protect frontline communities already overburdened with toxic chemicals and other forms of pollution when it comes to that process.

I am quite impressed by the way we have responded, but I do think that the circumstances regarding Hong Kong, Ukraine, and China's use of high-tech to suppress the Uyghurs are very appealing strategies to many authoritarian leaders.

I want to thank Congress for the Fire Fix, because it certainly helped in terms of limiting our ability.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

One of the goals was to develop a program that would provide labeling so you have pollinator safe according to certain standards.

Thank you Chairman Jeff Merkley, Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski, and Members of the subcommittee for your leadership to reduce pollution in rivers, improve clean water access, safeguard public drinking water supplies.

The amount of fossils that can be burned by humankind across the globe, and keep us below 1.5 degrees centigrade, is microscopic now.

the budget you have put before us proposes $642, I am rounding off, million for Bureau of Indian Affairs' public safety and justice programs.

We have a lot of Tribes in both of our states, and a lot of work to be done on many fronts.

We found the three C's, if you will. We found the cartels. We found the corruption, and we found the climate change.