I come to the floor to support my colleague and friend Senator Cortez Masto in her efforts to bring this legislation not only to the floor but to passage. This has been a long, long trail of broken promises and false assertions. It began…

Those who are willing to say let it all be transparent are not trying to silence anyone.

I will report. We asked Ms. Georgieva whether the report represented the official view of the IMF.

I will report. We asked Ms. Georgieva whether the report represented the official view of the IMF.

Negative externalities should be in the price of a product and that to shift that cost to the public is a subsidy.

As a scientist, how would you describe the state of the science that looks at the climate disinformation campaign as a phenomenon?

Negative externalities should be in the price of a product and that to shift that cost to the public is a subsidy.

Senator Kaine is a very able lawyer and one of the key features or subtopics, if you will, of this hearing has been the problem of conflicts of interests.

the flood of money into both political parties is destroying our democracy and, yes, is making it much harder for us to fight climate change.

Let me shift to Ms. Arena for a moment. Your testimony makes comparisons between the tobacco industries' campaign of fraud and what the fossil fuel industry is doing these days.

As a scientist, how would you describe the state of the science that looks at the climate disinformation campaign as a phenomenon?

the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, P.L. 118-5, which Congress passed earlier this month, resolved a manufactured default crisis and avoided an economic catastrophe. In addition, the bipartisan bill provided a congressional budget for…

It just seems to me that when we're dealing with a population that includes so many children, that coming at this from perspective of kindness and love and support is the thing that just we ought to be doing as fellow human beings.

I intend to see through to hold accountable the players in industry spreading the disinformation that will rock the very foundations of our economic wellbeing.

We ought to be able to determine wherever we are--everyday people, journalists, elected official, expert, whether there's a conflict of interest.

The NEPA process has not only remediated dangerous chemicals in an urban area, but has made it possible to open a community health center.

The important work of the Council on Environmental Quality cannot be overstated. And the attacks on the Council are just another attempt, unfortunately, to put polluters over people.

the flood of money into both political parties is destroying our democracy and, yes, is making it much harder for us to fight climate change.