Mr. Chair, I want to thank Chairman Engel and the leadership, Chairman Pallone, for working with me to advance this important issue. I want to, further, thank my colleagues who have cosponsored this amendment and are similarly dedicated to…

Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas is recognized for 5 minutes. Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Chair, I will close once the gentleman…

Mr. Chairman, my amendment today lays before this House a very simple fact, an undeniable fact: Communities of color across this great Nation and, in fact, across the world are least responsible for climate change. They contribute far less…

Mr. Chairman, I thank the chairman of our committee for yielding me time. The Paris Agreement will still stand with or without the U.S. not meeting our commitment, and it doesn't hurt the Paris Agreement, it just hurts the U.S…

Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 7, after line 5, insert the following paragraph: (9) The Paris Agreement recognizes ``the…

Madam Chair, my amendment adds language that recognizes the fundamental link between climate change and food security, as recognized in the Paris Agreement. The administration's plan to leave the Paris Agreement is a betrayal of America's…

Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. McCAUL. Madam Chair, we all agree with the premise of this amendment--food security, ending hunger. Again, this amendment does nothing to reduce our emissions. We need to debate…

He has failed to check the President's worst instincts.

If all we knew about President Trump were contained in the four corners of that report, there would be good reason to question his fitness for office.

The challenge we face is that the President of the United States wants desperately to prevent Congress, a coequal branch of government, from providing any check whatsoever to even his most reckless decisions.

If left unchecked, this Act of obstruction will make it that much harder for us to hold the executive branch accountable for waste, fraud, and abuse.

We will make sure that no President becomes a monarch.

We will defend the rights of the American people to know what is going on.

The President is also preventing us from obtaining information about voting rights, ACA litigation, and his cruel family separation policy, among other matters.

Even if Democrats and Republicans disagree on the format of this hearing, we must come together to protect the integrity of this Chamber.

We can stand up to this President in defense of the country and the Constitution and the liberty we love, or we can let the moment pass us by.

The very system of government of the United States, the system of limited power, the system of not having a President as a dictator is very much at stake.

It is urgent that we see the documents we have subpoenaed.