I just want to get a sense of what Fish and Wildlife is doing to minimize the spread and the destruction of the European green crab.

So we don't ever repeat that mistake again, especially to American citizens of any group or ethnicity in this country.

Their ancestral homelands are really in danger, and I would love to see us step up more than we are for these 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.

I wish I had an answer. Like so many invasive species, once they have taken hold, it is really hard to eradicate them.

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 more coordinated and comprehensive plan…

I went out this summer with a group hoping not to find European green crabs in the Puget Sound, and unfortunately, we were successful in finding them.

I would love to show you some of the exciting stuff that we are hoping to accomplish with the legislation.

There are a number of Tribes in the Northwest that have Tribal Historic Preservation Offices... to protect and preserve.

It is, I think, a critical program that supports that memorial and many sites around the country.

I secured a provision entitled Section 8371 Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Washington.

We are similarly rooting the county and that whole team on in terms of moving forward.

We continue to work very closely with the Japanese-American community... to ensure that the grants are competitive.

Thanks, Mr. Chair, and thanks to the ranking member. Madam Secretary, great to be with you.

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 really appreciated you highlighting the Tribal Climate Resilience Program in your testimony.

I am eager to help. And certainly, as the action plan rolls out, we would love to get a brief from you or NOAA.

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 we were eager to do that.

The Modernization Committee that existed in the last two Congresses was dedicated to a pretty simple proposition, and that is: make Congress work better for the American people.

I also want to express my gratitude to Chairwoman Bice and to Chairman Steil for continuing the traditions that were established by the Select Committee on Modernization.

The idea of actually sitting around a roundtable and actually having a conversation with each other and with our witnesses, rather than 5-minute speechifying, I think is actually really refreshing.

A lot of the discussion in the Speaker's race around getting back to regular order presumes that we can have functional committees.

I appreciate your statement in terms of having the Federal Government step up and meet its treaty obligations.

I just wanted to give an opportunity to Chairman Johnstone, or Chairman Allen, or both to speak a bit about two programs that get funded through this subcommittee that really matter, one the BIA Rights Protection Implementation, and two…

I think that is a really big deal.