I am in favor of admitting more refugees to the United States. I think refugees follow the rules, and we should reward those who follow the rules.

What we want to make sure is that we have a measured, accurate response, and that we have readiness.

I appreciate Chair Grijalva's efforts to make a real impact and ratchet down emissions associated with programs under this Committee's jurisdiction.

Today the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations is holding a hearing entitled, 'In The Dark: Lack of Transparency in the Live Event Ticketing Industry.'

Climate change is the existential threat of our lifetimes, and it is a complex problem that can only be solved by an aggressive transformation of our energy economy.

public lands and waters contribute about a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions from our country, and we have an urgent need to reduce these emissions in order to protect public health and safety.

I think it would behoove all of you that, when you're designing your processes, your policies and pricing and procedures, that put yourself in the customers' shoes.

If we have an outbreak in the United States, there are a number of other agencies that are going to have other interests.

even Minority Leader McCarthy today said we need at least $4 billion.

There needs to be someone who can overrule Homeland Security and State.

I think you could probably get bipartisan consensus that we would give you the money.

My district in coastal Southern California is already feeling the impacts of climate change, and I think it is critical that Congress explore every option for addressing this crisis.

The Earth is a dynamic system, but that doesn't change the fact that humans are changing the Earth's system, and we are changing the climate.

This was actually a very, very informative hearing for everybody on the committee on both sides of the aisle.

I think it should be you.

Today's hearing will examine the lack of transparency in the live event ticketing industry-an industry that is rife with practices that are harmful to consumers.

According to the IPCC, we must reach net zero emissions by 2050, in order to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change.

This remains, as I said at the beginning of my remarks, an existential threat that we all should collectively be working to combat against.