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.

We still need other major interventions.

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

I commend you and your implementation. Many times, we do things, and they don't really get implemented. You have done a superb job.

Climate change will likely become a source of shocks to the financial system that would lead to declines.

You seem quite fearless about coming into the lion's den, and we are always grateful to have you.

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Climate change will likely become a source of shocks to the financial system that would lead to declines.

You seem quite fearless about coming into the lion's den, and we are always grateful to have you.

Yes. So those would be the individuals who have basically 24-hour coverage by the Capitol Police.

Thank you very much. I want to thank both of you for your dedication and your service.

Citizens United was another one. They said, 'Don't worry about it. All the unlimited spending we're going to unleash is going to be independent of candidates, and it's going to be transparent.'

Motive matters, right?

A lot of historians took a look at that and said, 'That is junk history. That is not real.'

It is decidedly not a budget for creepy billionaires and fossil fuel overlords. It is a budget for families.

I think it needs to transform a good deal, because if you have an appellate decision that stands on what events have proven to be utterly false facts...

That has to stop, not just as a matter of economic probity, but as a matter of simple decency and justice.