And now they've proposed a budget that would decimate the development and diplomatic budget by up to 22 percent.

Over the past 2 years the Biden Administration has reestablished U.S. leadership on the global stage, deepening our strategic alliances and advancing our values and interests.

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.

There is no chance in the world that the aluminum and steel arrangement will create anything like the emissions reductions of a proper carbon border tariff.

I say science is the headlights that drives us forward, and let's us see what's coming.

I can remember when the plan for dealing with pollutants coming out of power plants was to raise the smokestacks higher.

In that backward-looking period in the past, that is an actual $2.2-trillion savings in health-care spending.

You're bounded by the fiduciary duty to be truthful and accurate, and operate on the best information you can find.

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.

We would like to try to make sure that medication-assisted treatment for people who have opioid disorders can be accomplished through telehealth.

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

It is not litter.

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

I am still reeling from the proposed House Republican budget which would substantially cut EPA.

Unless we have a regional approach to issues of pollution, et cetera, we can't, literally, effectively control the quality of water.

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

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

This approach of budget cutting is not just about saving money it is about devaluing the institutions that are necessary to compete, and succeed in this world.