Good morning. I called a meeting on appropriations to order. Before we begin, house rules require me to remind you we have set up an email address to which members can send anything they wish to submit in writing at any of our hearings or markups. The email address has been provided to your staff. First, consideration of the interior environment appropriations bill, fiscal year 2021. I will now recognize ms. Mccowan to present the bill. Good morning. I want to thank Ranking Member, for his strong collaboration of partnership throughout this entire process. He has been a great partner from the great lakes and a little geography being social studies teacher, he borders with the great state of ohio, lake erie and in minnesota, we border on lake superior. Id like to thank all members of our subcommittee for all contributions and especially the way in which continue our tradition of nonpartisan work, to Work Together on issues that affect Indian Country. Im also grateful for the leadership
Preparations committee worked on 2021 spending today, earlier they debated interior and Environmental Department spending which included several amendments, your congresswoman chairs the committee. Good morning. I called a meeting on appropriations to order. And before we begin, they require me to remind you we have set up an email address to which members can send anything they wish to submit in writing at any of our hearings or markups. The email address has been provided to your staff. First, consideration of the interior environment appropriations bill, fiscal year 2021. I will now recognize ms. Mccowan to present the bill. Good morning. I want to thank Ranking Member, for his strong collaboration of partnership throughout this entire process. Been a great partner from the great lakes and a little geography being social studies teacher, it borders with the great state of ohio, lake erie and in minnesota, we border on lake superior. Id like to thank all members of our subcommittee f
Overnight into june the 1st. And as one television a week ago describing the events of how a group of white rioters had marched into greenwood, it was called black wall street and had killed up to 300 people there and had set greenwood on fire, destroying homes and businesses. As im talking and many people at home dont know this, but everyone in this chamber does, as im talking im just talking to a camera lens. I cant tell whats on tv at the time, but as im talking, there are pictures of a town in the United States currently on fire while im describing a race massacre 99 years ago that weekend. Weve come a long way in the issue of race in america. But we clearly have a very long way to go. We have four centuries of racial inequality stacked on top of each other. While we break through those things step by step, we have things that we can do. Ive been on the phone for days with friends and people that i know from all over oklahoma, all over backgrounds, talking about Race Relationships
We must protect and steward these lands for our children and future generations. The Current Administration is like a fox watching a henhouse. It says it is protecting our public lands, air and water but instead it is feasting on them for the shortterm benefit for a few powerful interests. We need to make that stop. [applause] the Trump Administration is gutting our nations most important environmental protections and Climate Policies at shocking speed. My blood boils when i think about what happens to these places. [applause] landscapes with thoughtful production and stewardship have been eviscerated with Mineral Development dominating all other values. We need a president who will reverse these exploding, shortterm legacy policies of a bygone era, embrace the future, unite the country and defeat donald trump. [applause] Mike Bloomberg will get the job done. He believes our public stewardship of lands, water and the air we breathe is not only worth continuing but it is integral to Cli
We must protect and steward these lands for our children and future generations. The Current Administration is like a fox watching a henhouse. It says it is protecting our public lands, air and water but instead it is feasting on them for the shortterm benefit for a few powerful interests. We need to make that stop. [applause] the Trump Administration is gutting our nations most important environmental protections and Climate Policies at increasing speeds. My blood boils when i think about what happens to these places. [applause] landscapes with thoughtful protection which has been eviscerated with Mineral Development dominating all other values. We need a president who will reverse these legacy policies of a bygone era, embrace the future, unite the country and defeat donald trump. [applause] Mike Bloomberg will get the job done. He knows our public stewardship is not only worth continuing but it is integral to Climate Change arresting policies. I am supporting Mike Bloomberg because