I was proud to join with Chairman DeFazio in urging the administration to reopen and reexamine the nationwide permits.

I look forward to working with the chairwoman and my fellow committee members to pursue this.

It is our hope that it will become, and has become, more recreational.

The nationwide permit process, in my opinion, was never meant to be applied to large projects that have far-reaching, cumulative impacts.

I appreciate the opportunity for this committee and hearing, and I just wanted to make some remarks concerning our hopes for the bill.

the proposed Byhalia pipeline, which has been withdrawn, fortunately, that was in my district.

We need to establish a Federal advisory committee on environmental justice to better advise the Corps on these activities and actions that can be taken to ensure more equitable delivery of services and projects.

We had a pipeline here in Memphis, the Byhalia pipeline that proposed an oil pipeline in predominantly minority communities, and it was a heroic effort that led to their decision to not go forth with the pipeline because it went straight…

I was proud to sponsor provisions that were included to update the Army Corps' environmental justice priorities to promote meaningful involvement of minority and low-income communities in the formulation of future projects.

Audubon is a proud supporter of the MRRRI bill (H.R. 4202) which will create a federal program to provide leadership, funding, and guidance to implement a 'whole of the river' approach to restore the river.

It was great to hear Assistant Secretary Connor focused on the Biden administration's Justice40 initiative and the emphasis on working and supporting and ensuring, you know, or analyzing the impacts of disadvantaged communities and…