Jared Huffman: “We just heard some pretty high sanctimony about the need to listen to the people who actually live there. That might be…”

“We just heard some pretty high sanctimony about the need to listen to the people who actually live there. That might be convincing but for the fact that just yesterday, my friends voted to override the wishes of the people who actually live on the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts, the wishes of their Governors, their mayors, overwhelming majorities of their populations, who don't want to wreck their pristine coastlines and put their coastal economies at risk because of oil development. So, again, let's not pretend that this is about listening to local voices. This is about listening to one voice, and that is the voice of Big Oil. Let's take it back to Alaska. Even in the hotbed of oil development, as my friends would tell it, in the village of Kaktovik, a 2016 poll in that community indicated that that community itself is divided on the question of whether oil and gas development should proceed. So, again, let's not be selective or hypocritical about the voices we claim to care about. Certainly, the voice of Big Oil is well- represented here today in this debate. I reserve the balance of my time.”