Summer Lee

We need to make sure that those individuals do not come here to do harm.

I am also asking that this year's WRDA bill include my legislation to raise the funding cap on the Las Vegas Wash system.

I am not proud of the idea of migrants, babies, families who are fleeing true persecution, to be distributed across the Nation without regard for their humanity.

As the representative of the state that has the most Federal land outside of Alaska, one of the proudest votes I took was for the Great American Outdoors Act.

If the Majority's concern about deferred maintenance in our national parks is genuine, I would urge them here, just as I have on the Appropriations Committee, to join us and join House Democrats in making sure that the National Park…

One of the proudest votes I took was for the Great American Outdoors Act, including the establishment of the LRF to address a priority deferred maintenance at many of the land management agencies.

I stand here today because we are just 1 month from another government shutdown, and Congressional Republicans have demonstrated once again that they are more concerned about satisfying their culture warrior base than actually addressing…

We should not prosecute anyone for trying to save lives.

The only difference between a battered woman and a dead woman is the presence of a gun.

I want to submit into the record their announcement of a number of reducing gun violence initiatives.

A woman with a firearm who is trained and understands how to use it has a line of defense against a home invader.

I will always fight to protect the Constitutional rights of law-abiding gun owners.

I believe in empowering women.

The right to bear arms is ingrained in the fabric of our country's history.

Cities like Chicago, New York, and even Washington, DC, are facing rampant rising violent crime rates.

I appreciate the Biden administration's emphasis on this issue throughout the Executive Order.

I want to thank Representative Steel for bringing her bill before us this morning, championing an energy resource in geothermal that, despite its immense promise both economically and environmentally, remains largely and shockingly…

Congressional oversight of the EO's implementation will be so important.

H.R. 6481 would roll back the progress made in the IRA and reincentivize such speculation.

DHS and CISA must have a central role in ensuring that AI technology improves our security rather than harms it.

Building up our National talent pool of AI expertise will be essential if we are to address AI's challenges.

This bipartisan bill directs the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to establish an Open Access Evapotranspiration Data Program.

This bipartisan bill creates a Good Steward Cover Crop Program to subsidize farmers who use cover crops.

As I speak, Republicans on the Budget Committee are holding a hearing to establish a death panel commission to gut earned benefits where their chairman called his party's fight to tear Social Security our generation's world war. At a time…

I want to reiterate that telework is work. Teleworking is an effective tool that enables continuity of operations and reduces Federal costs without sacrificing productivity or efficiency.