It is direct. Again, even if this were economically neutral--but it is not--one would make the argument that the right thing to do for people is to give them a better, healthier life.
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I agree. This is not just about economics. It is using borrowed money to actually cause the need for more borrowed money in the future.
Of course, they are sicker because we know these diseases relate to it. The studies were done against individuals who had the same socioeconomic status, same income, but were not getting SNAP benefits.
I look forward to working with my colleagues here as part of the Farm Bill reauthorization to see if we can fine tune some of those programs to address these issues.
I look forward to working with my colleagues here as part of the Farm Bill reauthorization to see if we can fine tune some of those programs to address these issues.
In my state of Maryland, climate change is causing more intense summer droughts and saltwater intrusion.
We're looking at more and more innovated recycling--water recycling projects in Maryland as in other parts of the country.
As Secretary of Energy, do you think climate denialism is dangerous to the future of our country?
The ex-President just went before a whole bunch of oil and gas executives and essentially demanded that they give his campaign a billion dollars.
With every passing day, the consequences of climate change grow in intensity.
Because of this deception, we have lost crucial decades in which we could have been systematically transitioning away from dirty, polluting fossil fuels to the cleaner alternative energies we need.
Climate change is the defining crisis of our time, and we know that burning fossil fuels is, by far, the leading factor in contributing to climate change.
I thank Mrs. McBath for her magnificent leadership on this and her commitment to creating decent conditions in our prisons. I thank her for the beautiful example of her commitment based on her love of Jordan and her whole family and…
I urge everyone to support the legislation, and I yield the back the balance of my time.
I have no further speakers. I yield myself such time as I may consume for the purpose of closing. Madam Speaker, I urge everybody to support this fine legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.
I have been very concerned with the way the Netanyahu government has conducted the war in Gaza.
What are we going to do to make sure that we achieve the goal not only of normalization--I heard the conversation--but that, as you said, has to be paired with a Palestinian state and a time line.
I mean, formally announced during George W. Bush's administration, so over two decades--and despite the fact that we say those words, we have never addressed our policy to use our influence to make it happen.