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It is time that we advance legislation that increases Social Security benefits to reflect the true cost of living that they experience and does so by making the wealthiest Americans, who have done extraordinarily well, ... pay their fair…

I thank the gentlewoman from California for yielding. As the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Digital Assets, I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 5403, the so-called CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act. At the expense of U.S. global…

The Framers of the Constitution understood the importance of a strong and stable national currency, which is why Article I, Section 8, grants Congress the exclusive power to coin money and regulate its value. Congress must not forfeit this…

How do we ensure that the green economy is inclusive to Black, Brown, low-income folks, especially those who have been hardest hit by this climate crisis?

How is the Department of Energy ensuring that marginalized communities benefit from job opportunities in the green economy?

I am fully committed to resourcing and supporting the Coast Guard as you perform your 11 essential missions.

Before we began this Special Order hour, I approached Congresswoman Hayes to thank her for her leadership in pulling this together. She said: You are welcome, but I am so sorry we have to do this at all. I am also sorry, as are we all. It…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding time. Mr. Chairman, I have been a Member of Congress for over 20 years, and I have to say that while this may not be the worst, it is in the top three in terms of the worst bills that I have seen…

Investing in electric vehicles is good for the environment. It is good for people's pocketbooks.

The climate crisis is real. The planet is not warming, as many experts have cited. The planet is burning.

$3 billion for the post office to electrify their fleet.

Look, LIHEAP, the reason we have to give people low income--excuse me, low-cost heating oil is because a lot of poor folk have oil-fired furnaces, right? That is why we are doing that.

I just want to, you know, put a stake in the ground, put a flag in the ground on that for you to take a good hard look at that.

I rise today to speak in opposition to the Congressional Review Act resolution, which would overturn the Department of Energy's furnace efficiency standard. A vote for this resolution is a vote for higher costs for American families, a…

the food an individual eats fundamentally affects his strength, stamina, nervous condition, morale, and mental functioning.

We thank Chairman Markey and Ranking Member Marshall for their brand-new trio of bills that would task Federal agencies with publishing nutrition best practices.

If enacted, Project 2025 would destroy the Federal Government as we know it.