By trying to abolish the ATF, the Agency responsible for implementing regulations to curb this violence and carnage.

I urge you to make sure that the administrative process is as rapid and robust, not rabid and robust.

It matters a lot to us in Rhode Island, and I suspect in Massachusetts as well, and I suspect Delaware as well, as downwind States.

I urge you to support a completely broad, across the government, multi-agency, not just you and a DOJ task force to respond.

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

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

We are trying to electrify our transit system. We have a statewide system. I think we might be unique in the country.

Quonset State Airport is very critical both to commercial travel and our National Guard.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Mr. Secretary, for joining us today. As you probably know, Rhode Island is the leader in offshore wind energy in the country, and there are several programs that DOT has port infrastructure…

Warnings abound of what rising seas, droughts, floods and wildfires will do to American families and businesses, and to our economy.

Gun violence is now the leading cause of death in children and teens in this country.

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

What we do here now will not just have impacts for thousands of years, it will be remembered for thousands of years.

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

the presence of a firearm makes an abuser five times more likely to take a partner's life than if no firearm was present.

What we do here now will not just have impacts for thousands of years, it will be remembered for thousands of years.

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

If there is anything that you can do to help facilitate that, I think that would be particularly helpful and welcome.