Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I thank Representative Schakowsky for coming. It is a great honor to sit on the new Select Committee on the Climate Crisis under the chair, Kathy Castor from Florida. I serve with many other great Members, and we have an honest dialogue about the action that we are going to need to take to combat this crisis. Of course, I thank our great Speaker Nancy Pelosi for creating that select committee as part of the 116th Congress. Governor Jay Inslee said: ``We're the first generation to feel the sting of climate change, and we're the last who can do something about it.'' I couldn't agree more with Representative Schakowsky. We have to listen to the children, our own children and the children we see here in Washington. When we go back home to our districts, we have to listen to those voices. We have to make those changes. They are counting on us. In these walls, right here, they are counting on the 435 people who are so honored to serve as United States Representatives to get this right for future generations. I am honored to be one of those Members trying to fight the good fight. We have so much work to do. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________”