"I secured a provision entitled Section 8371 Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Washington."
"The provision was intended to address some longstanding issues pertaining to the determination of construction project features."
"I represent an area that used to be very timber dependent. I saw a lot of my friends' parents lose their jobs."
"I really appreciated you highlighting the Tribal Climate Resilience Program in your testimony."
"I guess to kick things off, I would love to just get your thoughts on how your Agency, how the Biden Administration can work with Congress, can work with this subcommittee to develop and to execute a ..."
"Their ancestral homelands are really in danger, and I would love to see us step up more than we are for these communities."
"If there are things where our committee or where Congress needs to change authorizations or change the rules so that communities can actually take advantage of a whole-of-government approach, I think ..."
"The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights put out what was called the Broken Promises Report detailing all of the ways in which we fail tribal communities."
"I want to underscore the urgency of this and having the EPA with skin in the game. We can't get it done without you."
"It is, I think, a critical program that supports that memorial and many sites around the country."
"We continue to work very closely with the Japanese-American community... to ensure that the grants are competitive."
"There are a number of Tribes in the Northwest that have Tribal Historic Preservation Offices... to protect and preserve."