the ATF has taken action to limit ghost guns. We passed my bill to ban ghost guns as part of the Protect Our Kids Act.

I urge you to support a completely broad, across the government, multi-agency, not just you and a DOJ task force to respond.

If they are trying to overthrow the government, they ought to be held to the same standard.

We cannot accept this as normal.

I think not just an issue of cost-benefit analysis, it is also a moral imperative.

Ocean pollution is of great concern to my constituents in Rhode Island. It impacts our economy.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Mr. Secretary, for joining us today. As you probably know, Rhode Island is the leader in offshore wind energy in the country, and there are several programs that DOT has port infrastructure…

Let's not pretend that economic shocks don't affect the budget.

No, no, no, no. Okay. Do any of you doubt that unusual risk is being caused by emissions from fossil fuel combustion? No, no, no, no, everybody accepts that that correlation exists, okay.

The way that I have described this is that climate change causes weather anomalies, and those anomalies make events harder to predict.

What we do here now will not just have impacts for thousands of years, it will be remembered for thousands of years.

And you can't just say what you please. You're bounded by the fiduciary duty to be truthful and accurate, and operate on the best information you can find.

You can't insure what you can't predict.

Let's not pretend that economic shocks don't affect the budget.

Warnings abound of what rising seas, droughts, floods and wildfires will do to American families and businesses, and to our economy.

I think I tried to explain in my questioning to Mr. Andersen, that it can endanger entire communities and create a downward spiral that's difficult to emerge from.

There is absolutely no acceptable or safe level of lead exposure, for our children, or for anyone.

The projected savings are $6.9 trillion against the extended earlier CBO projections.