Rick Larsen: “I urge the committee to fully support the U.S. Commercial Service.”

There has never been a more important time for the United States to maintain and expand its leadership in the Arctic.

It is more effective and less costly to prevent pollution than to clean up pollution.

As more is uncovered, it falls on Congress to support the FAA and NTSB in their ongoing investigations.

Mr. Chair, I rise today to oppose the dirty water act. This bill will make it more difficult to keep our water clean and will, ironically, add more uncertainty to the permitting process, just the opposite of what we need to have happen…