Simpson Remarks at Interior and Environment Member Day Hearing

Good afternoon and thank you to my colleagues for joining us to provide their testimony on the Fiscal Year 2027 Interior and Environment appropriations bill. 

I look forward to hearing more about the projects and programs in the bill that are important to 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 2027 appropriations process moves forward. Thank you again to each of our colleagues who have taken time out of their busy schedules to speak with us today.  We thank you for bringing these items to our attention. 

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