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

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.'

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

If the minimum wage had been $12 in 2016, over 6 million fewer people would be living in poverty today.