So disinformation has undoubtedly contributed to the rapid spread of COVID-19, as well.

We are struggling big time with crumbling roads and bridges.

Something that helps democracy.

My view is--the question for us in Congress is to see local news as a public good.

Now, going back to the assault on the Capitol on January 6, it was an abhorrent attempt to overturn a free and fair election.

I am going to start off by asking you a very broad, but important, question. The scientific community is telling us that if we do not get our act together and transform our energy system away from fossil fuels, there will be irreparable…

I am very excited about the concept of the Civilian Climate Corps because my experience suggests that there are millions of young people who would love the opportunity to help transform our energy system and help clean up the pollution…

I would say a planned and organized, attack on the United States, on the U.S. Government, by domestic terrorists.

I really wonder why we did not take it seriously enough to be prepared for them.

the way our government, from day one, from before we became a country, has treated the Native American people, has been nothing less than shameful.

How much more intelligence do we need than that?

We can't trust the Taliban. That's pretty obvious.

We can't have confidence in the Afghan Government. It's been corrupt; it's been ineffective.

I think, as you point out, business certainty is huge for major infrastructure investments.

Because that--it is local control, business control, homeowner control, community control, community jobs.

I stand ready to work with him to enact comprehensive climate legislation, and I hope my Republican colleagues will join us in that effort.

What failed here was an energy sector that didn't consider fully our changing climate and the extreme weather that comes with it.

We can't allow the Texas crisis to be used as an excuse to discourage movement towards renewables.