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

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

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?

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

Senator Van Hollen mentioned the importance of that, certainly important in my state of Oregon, and we did have the increased funding of--well, it was 17 percent increase.

There are 32 tribes that are not receiving any funding for law enforcement, though they fall under the same qualifications.

I remain concerned about increasing access to income-driven repayment (IDR) plans.

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

I want to commend you for your leadership on the Indian Boarding School Initiative.

will the Department honor the requirement in 2022 fiscal year to make sure that this Western Oregon Operating Plan is maintained in its full scope and functionality?

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

Is very soon, like June?

I hope that there will be a moment 10 years from now when we can say that that 98 percent collapse in the monarch has been reversed before we lose the western monarch.

Can you personally keep me briefed on this? It's so important to the Warm Springs Tribe in my state.

We've seen interesting reports across the nation from health care clinics that essentially have had the therapeutics, but they don't even prescribe them when people come in.

While I am pleased with these accomplishments, I recognize that the fiscal year 2022 Budget deal did not address all the urgent challenges that your Department faces.

a little over 10 years ago, BJ Westlund made his way from Bend, OR, here to our Nation's Capital to serve his fellow Oregonians as a correspondence assistant in my office. Over the last decade, BJ moved up the ranks to legislative…

The Tuesday edition of the Science Times has in it that the results of an investigation have found that the plastic in the ocean is largely binding with other microorganisms and dropping to the bottom of the ocean, changing the ecosystems…

As Congress now works to advance China-focused legislation, it's crucial that it include tangible steps advocated by this Commission on a bipartisan and bicameral basis.

When the Chinese government seeks to mislead the world about the treatment of Chinese citizens and the government's critics, the fact-based reporting of the CECC Annual Report shines a light and helps document the truth.

I want to acknowledge that this is our first hearing since the publication of the Commission's annual report on human rights conditions and rule of law developments in China.

This retaliation against family for freedom of speech abroad is just--I think about this, and I think, why do we allow any import, any recognition, any validation of the Chinese government given the many, many crimes against humanity that…

It's absolutely horrific and I'm sure very effective in suppressing conversation about China's many assaults on human rights.

Today's hearing of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China entitled 'Growing Constraints on Language and Ethnic Identity in Today's China' will come to order.