I think the question remains whether we, as the United States, will capture here domestically the benefits of developing, building, and exporting the clean energy and transportation technologies of the future.

We are thrilled that the Biden Administration has given us a strong path forward through the American Jobs Plan.

I am committed to ensuring that we do.

I think the topic is critical.

I urge you to incorporate provisions that address the climate crisis, both by making our transportation infrastructure more resilient, and by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Strengthening the resilience of our infrastructure is critical as our country experiences the impacts of this climate crisis.

I strongly urge you to consider funding for resilience projects like the LOSSAN Corridor relocation in the infrastructure package.

Like in many parts of the country, the rising sea levels in my district have accelerated coastal erosion.

This Congress, we have a unique opportunity to pass the long-awaited infrastructure package that our constituents have been repeatedly promised.

As the proud vice chair of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, I particularly want to call out the critical relief that the American Rescue Plan provides for those who have served our country. The bill includes important funding for…

Our democracy is in grave danger. We are seeing unrelenting efforts across the country to suppress voters and limit access to the ballot box, particularly in communities of color. We are seeing record-breaking waves of dark money backing…

What each of us chooses to do today, whether we vote to hold this President to account or look the other way, we will be remembered by history, by our children and their children. The facts are clear, the evidence of Trump's insurrection…

We simply cannot allow our veterans to fall into homelessness, end up jobless, or go without the basic services that they deserve. These challenges have only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. I am proud to lead the Johnny Isakson…

There are some that will tell you that this means we will be indebted to Russia or others for energy, which, frankly, is a tired argument with very little basis in fact.

So, leaning on programs in your home state that have been so successful, like the Blue Skies, Blue Whales initiative, I think is a really great start for reducing shipping emissions in U.S. waters.

Representative Casten has a great bill to require public companies to disclose how they will be impacted by the climate crisis and hopefully creating an environment of transparency for investors.

All we have to do is look at the last few weeks in my great State of California and see record wildfires, 3.6 million acres and counting. And we have seen this all throughout the Western United States, truly unprecedented. And we also have…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution 965, the yeas and nays are ordered. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question are postponed. The Chair…

As the designee of Chairman Pallone, pursuant to House Resolution 1129, I offer amendments en bloc. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendments en bloc. Amendments en bloc 4 consisting of amendment Nos. 33, 34, 46, 53…

It is my honor to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi), the distinguished Speaker of the House of Representatives.

I thank Chairman Takano for yielding. As chair of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs' Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, and as a Representative for tens of thousands of veterans around Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, I strongly…

Kamala Harris is not an African-American.

I hope we can agree that growing clean-energy jobs is really more important than ever, since unemployment has skyrocketed due to COVID.

I am very proud of that and the leadership that we have shown, that you can put in place strong policies to protect the environment and build the clean energy jobs of the future at the same time.

This approach is better for developers and better for consumers, ultimately helps facilitate more renewable energy projects.