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During our recent Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries subcommittee hearing, my colleagues and I discussed multiple bills that address the way in which water is allotted, stored, and paid for.
The REINS Act is sound, sensible legislation. Yet even a good bill like the REINS Act can be undermined as long as loopholes around it exist.
For too long, unelected officials in the Administrative State have adopted regulations and guidance documents that cost our nation billions of dollars, all without Congressional input or approval. Congress is the body tasked with legislating in our nation, and it's time that we restore Congress' ability and right to perform it's constitutional duties.
America's territories and compacts with the Freely-Associated States in the Pacific are critical to America's ability to ensure freedom of navigation and project power throughout one of the world's most important shipping and geopolitical areas.
In a move reminiscent of pages cut from George Orwell's 1984, the federal government wants to prevent Americans from buying gas stoves, with the ultimate goal of cutting off gas supplies to households completely.
Roughly 85% of our nation's meat flows through the "Big 4" meat packers. As meat prices rose over 12% from 2021 to 2022 (well above the overall inflation rate), these conglomerates have recorded record profits of 32-91% higher, cementing their monopoly and suppressing smaller, local companies.
This week, the Indian and Insular Affairs subcommittee heard testimony on 6 different legislative proposals that fall under the jurisdiction of my subcommittee.
The Equal Access to Justice Act was intended to help plaintiffs recoup litigation costs from successful suits and settlements with the federal government.
Instead of admitting fault and acknowledging the deadly impact of offshore wind farms on marine life, NOAA bureaucrats are deflecting blame onto recreational boaters, commercial and charter fishermen, and the maritime transportation industry.