Honorable Niki Tsongas
United States Representative, Massachusetts, Democrat
Representative Tsongas, of the Third District of Massachusetts, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012. She represented Massachusetts’ Fifth District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2013. She sits on the Armed Services Committee and the Natural Resources Committee. The following is from the February 7, 2017, House floor debate on H.J. Res. 44, disapproving the Department of the Interior rule relating to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) regulations. Last week, the Republican majority pushed through legislation attacking clean air, clean water, and blocking public transparency into payments made to foreign governments by…
