This bill will increase transparency at Amtrak. I urge my colleagues to support this very important legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Emergency managers need more resources and capacity to effectively respond to increasingly frequent and severe disasters. This bill incentivizes faster disaster recovery, gets communities back on their feet, and creates more capacity in…

I had prepared questions about Alaska, but I guess I want you to talk more about what your needs are in a delicate way so we are not announcing it to all of our adversaries, but tell us how we can help you.

He said, Val, tell them they need to pass this bill. It is time to right this wrong. We have earned our benefits. Mr. Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to vote ``yes.''

My father was in the fire service when this was passed in 1983. He retired in 1991, and because of this wrong, he will get less than people who have private pensions simply because he chose to protect and serve our community. I agree with…

I cannot tell you what it means to the people of the south coast to have hope that we will have jobs again.

Thank you, President Biden, the Department of Transportation, and yourself personally for the work you have done.

On June 16, the Northwest Youth Corps will celebrate its 40th anniversary. This program, which is headquartered in my district, is the largest Youth Conservation Corps program in the Northwest. For over four decades, it has given over…

Unfortunately, the proposed Fiscal Year 2025 budget cuts to ocean research could have real impacts on NOAA's work in Oregon for ocean health.

I think your Department is drunk on money, I think you are drunk on power, and I think we have to wheel it back.

I want to be abundantly clear. Representative Bentz and I share Roseburg as a district... It is vitally important that that stay in the WOOP.

The entire Oregon Delegation, Democrats and Republicans, have made it very clear and signed letters to say that we want the WOOP to remain in place.

I think the first part is also that we have difficulty recruiting CDL drivers everywhere, but in rural communities, where they are driving buses and they are driving trucks, it is really difficult because the infrastructure is crumbling.

We have an extreme backlog of infrastructure investments. For instance, in two of the six counties that I represent, Lane and Douglas County, each one of which is about the size of Connecticut, we have 700 bridges, the vast majority of…

The fact is the Highway Trust Fund is becoming insolvent.

I believe this bill would create an unfair playing field for our U.S. timber producers, many of whom are in my district.

My colleague, Mr. Duarte, has put forward H.R. 7157, the Strengthen Wood Product Supply Chains Act, which claims to improve the Lacey Act for importers by instituting very ambitious enforcement timelines for Fish and Wildlife services.

Today I rise in strong opposition to H.J. Res. 98 which would repeal the National Labor Relations Board joint employer standard. Under President Biden, this rule was issued to protect workers' rights. Unfortunately, House Republicans want…

Unfortunately, I was unavoidably detained and missed rollcall No. 712 today. I strongly support S. 788, and had I been present I would have voted ``yea.'' ____________________

I thank my colleagues from Arkansas and Louisiana, who represent great States to go hunting in if you can't make it all the way out to Oregon. I welcome you all there. Mr. Speaker, this is a good bill, and it should pass. I urge my…

I do support salmon recovery in the Columbia River Basin. I also recognize the need for affordable, reliable, clean energy.

I am really glad to be here as we discuss bills on forest management, wildfire, and related workforce issues.

We need to invest in new markets to help get low-value biomass out of the woods and reduce wildfire risk.

The bipartisan CCC Enhancement Act introduced in the House by Representatives Salinas, Edwards, Guthrie, and Hoyle...

I believe what you are referring to is Davis-Bacon prevailing wage, among other things.