It is imperative that we hear the best science, and that we understand the impacts so that we can begin to act on climate change.

We should not be allowing decisions to be made that are not going to be effective for what we want our government to be doing for us.

Thank you so much. I wanted to go until noon.

I walk to work every day. Just letting you know that. And I haven't used a plastic disposable water bottle since I have been here on Capitol Hill.

In your testimony, you mentioned that we need to provide our agencies with clear, informed mandates to begin preparing for climate change.

now is the time to act on climate change. We can't wait any longer.

We oppose the Administration's proposed offshore leasing and drilling. It would make more than 90 percent of U.S. waters available to oil and gas companies.

I invite the current Congress to have the fortitude your predecessors have lacked.

We begin that leadership today as we confront the most pressing issue facing our Nation--climate change.

Unfortunately, the Trump administration has failed to provide this leadership.

These special places will serve as refuge for our highest values, and as places of growth toward our Nation's future.

Today is an exciting day. It will be the first of a new era for this Committee and for this Congress, an era of inclusion, where the diverse voices of the American people are clearly heard in these halls.

We oppose an attack on Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that would open one of our planet's truly wild places for drilling.

Discontinue (and certainly do not expand) the extraction of fossil fuels from Federal lands for use in energy generation.

I believe it is essential that we focus on environmental justice as we make this transition to reduce our carbon footprint.

I think we really need to be proactive and address those things proactively rather than reactively.

I am committed to protecting our sacred lands, addressing climate change, and moving renewable energy forward.

It is now clear none of the supposed benefits of killing net neutrality are real.