"I would argue that that speaks to the need for a Federal approach when it comes to gun safety legislation and not just a patchwork approach as we have had since the expiration of the assault weapons b..."
"I find it disturbing that some of our colleagues have taken to calling for Federal law enforcement agencies like the FBI and the ATF to be defunded."
"The oceans have been estimated to be absorbing 14 zeta joules of heat every year, multiple Hiroshima level explosions worth of heat per second happening in the oceans."
"Thank you very much for being here, Director."
"We are glad Representative Cicilline introduced H.R. 698, the Assault Weapons Ban Act, which would ban the future manufacture and sale of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines."
"I think there is a persistent effort to limit our effort to support wildlife and hold off the great extinction to only what can be monetized."
"We have approximately, in the United States, about an 85 billion annual shortfall in school facilities investment."
"a default on our debt would have profound repercussions in the Department of Defense"
"As chairman on the Armed Services Committee, we are seeing more and more young people disqualify from service because they certainly don't have the skills to pass the basic test."
"Many people suggest that we are in a literacy crisis."
"Congressman Bobby Scott and I have been working, and are prepared to reintroduce legislation that will provide $130 billion in Federal investment in needs."
"Companies that do not manage their environmental risk, their labor risk, their consumer protection risks appropriately open up investors, including retail investors, pensioners, retirees to financial ..."
"From our perspective, I think there is no national lead ban on hunting on Federal lands."
"I hope sent a message that bipartisanship may actually emerge in this area."
"I personally regret that Senator Braun has chosen to term limit himself because I really value him as a colleague."
"the message that I want to deliver, because people need to understand it, is that these attacks against ESG investing are based on a fallacy."
"This is a taxpayer-funded effort to run interference for the oil and gas industries, prevent investors from doing their jobs."
"As fiduciaries, we would not be doing our jobs if we did not consider environmental and social and governance risks when making investment decisions."
