Simpson Remarks at FY26 Interior and Environment Member Day Hearing

Good morning and thank you to my colleagues for joining us to provide their testimony on the Fiscal Year 2026 Interior and Environment Bill. 

I look forward to hearing more about the projects and programs in the bill that are important to each of your districts and to communities across the country. 

Your input will be critical as we work to fund the agencies under this Subcommittee’s jurisdiction including the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Forest Service, the Indian Health Service, and several others.

We will work to accommodate these priorities as best we can as the fiscal year 2026 appropriations process moves forward.

Thank you again to each of our colleagues who have taken time out of your busy schedules to speak with us today.  We thank you for bringing these ideas to our attention. 

At this time, I’d like to yield to Ranking Member Pingree for her opening statement.