Thank you very much to all the witnesses. And, indeed, Mr. Chairman, thank you for the hearing, and the members of this Subcommittee.

It is historic, having a discussion about something that is with us already in many parts of Indian Country and certainly looming as an issue that has to be dealt with.

In May 2016, Congressman Grijalva sponsored a forum on 'Confronting a Rising Tide: The Climate Refugee Crisis.'

the Minority is sticking to its old, big oil-funded playbook, continuing to be out of step with the scientific consensus on climate change.

It is bringing to light something that has not been discussed around here for a good 8 years.

It puts the climate change at the top of the legislative agenda and the specificity on committees.

Before we start shedding a lot of crocodile tears about the poor, the people that are being displaced, the ones that are suffering the most, let's put some substance behind those crocodile tears.

we are running out time to address climate pollution before the impacts devastate our economy.

In holding hearings on climate change at both the Full Committee and Subcommittee levels, we were hoping to turn over a new leaf in the important work of addressing climate change and its impacts in this Committee.

We are not dealing with full throated denial of climate change; we are dealing with climate change avoidance.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for the hearing. Excellent witnesses and excellent work you and the staff do to put this together.