This hearing is about politics and I apologize to you and the rest of the officers in the United States Park Police for having to endure a political attack.

If my colleagues across the aisle were concerned about police reform, I don't think that their colleagues in the Senate would have described Senator Tim Scott's bill as a token bill.

I find it hard to see how anybody could call that a peaceful protest.

We need to hear all voices and find out where the real problems are.

Why is it not too big of a health concern to call us back from all across the country to vote on a useless messaging bill that will wither on the vine outside this Chamber, but it is too much to ask us to come back and hold committee…

I look forward to working with my fellow colleagues to develop and pass this important legislation over the next several months.

My legislation represents a pragmatic, science-based first step in addressing global carbon emissions, emphasizing natural carbon sequestration through reforestation, forest management, and sustainable utilization.

If indeed the goal of the first bill, which is to end all leasing, were to come into fruition, or at least allow litigation to make sure that the rest of it is stopped at some point, it will have the net effect of destroying Western…

As long as it is solid, the carbon is there. It is the best carbon storage mechanism that we know of.

I have never said we don't need to reduce carbon emissions, and this bill actually focuses on reducing carbon emissions and sequestering carbon.

Mr. Westerman has a bill that actually is a common-sense solution that you can solve carbon, either by limiting how much goes into the air, or trying to pull it out of the air.

the actual emissions are decreasing in the same time period.