What are the most important funding increases for making progress in tackling climate chaos?

Thank you, Senator. And we can put it into the record, and do some follow-up questions, and I really appreciate you bringing attention to this issue.

Thank you for your hard work, and your leadership, and your entire team.

We need a dramatically improved plan, not just simply a new version of a recycling strategy that fails.

I am deeply concerned about agency process bottlenecks that really frustrate our ability to get LWCF projects done in a reasonable timeframe.

There is a hundred Senators who have communities that have received grants, and they are very excited about the grants in there, but they are very concerned about costs going up while they are waiting.

I am particularly concerned about the situation faced by the Warm Springs in Oregon who have a myriad of problems with their water system.

The impacts are here now, and we don't have any time to waste.

I have pushed for a higher limit of 10 percent on this, but from your experience, is this 3 percent limit a problem?

I did specifically mention enforcement.

I urge you to choose the no-lease option in your final plan.

Because if the Administration is not responsive, then it's clear it's not a serious proposal and so we're ready to dive into the details and explore it, but we need the partnership from the Executive Branch in that regard.

I know you are diligently trying to make a difference through your leadership, and your rebuilding of the Agency.

We want to keep working with you to explore that question.

You can't hardly pick up any kind of newspaper that doesn't talk about the expanding problems with microplastics, the problems with the plastics being swept out to sea.

It is critical the Department use all its resources and tools at its disposal, including tribal co-management, interagency agreements, like the Western Oregon Operating Plan, and Forest and Rangeland collaboratives to get this funding on…

I appreciate your recognition that those 32 tribes deserve to be included in the program, and we will work with you in that regard.

We're not sure even if you get a setup, that notice in 72 hours that you're going to get helped and this is what's wrong with health care in America.

It is about communities making decisions, and then us lobbying for what those communities say they need.

So I am very pleased that in the Omnibus I secured $4 million to start a new EPA grant program that helps communities prepare for, and protect against wildfire smoke.

There's always some reservation on Capitol Hill to forego the oversight function.

I am kind of stunned by that answer because if we're talking about 12 individuals in a system as large as the Indian Health Service to make sure that whistleblowers are protected, it seems like it should be a very high priority, should it…

I hope it is a really good report, and it is very important that we get it on June 15th.

We have to address this, and this actually isn't just about the monarchs, it is about pollinators in general.

Will you continue to work over these 2 years before the--to do everything we possibly can to massively increase habitat for the monarch and other pollinators?