"I would also ask that Members give thoughtful consideration to the options presented today, and look for areas of future opportunity."
"the message and the trend that we are establishing go towards what I feel is damaging and destabilizing."
"Obviously, the message and the trend that we are establishing go towards what I feel is damaging and destabilizing."
"So let's get down to business. If you want to do the hard, messy work of legislating to reduce carbon emissions from transportation, and build resilient infrastructure in an effort to tackle global wa..."
"Ranking Member Graves and I represent similar people, facing similar struggles, and worrying about similar things, some in the rural areas and some in more urban areas."
"Today I want the witnesses to offer pragmatic, yet effective, solutions to climate change that reflect these differences and that will inform the committee's efforts to mitigate carbon emissions and p..."
"Just to follow up. Coming from local government we call that concept one-stop shop."
"I appreciate your patriotism, but I think we all do it for our country. But our men and women in the military, as well as the civilian workforce that supports our national security deserve to have goo..."
"I want to remind my colleagues that a 2013 comprehensive immigration reform proposal would have reduced Federal deficits by $850 billion over 20 years, and increased GDP by 5.4 percent over 20 years."
"It is frustrating to me that we have not learned our lessons from the past, and we are here again, discussing the same unwarranted concerns and implementing discriminatory policies in the military."
"Transgender individuals are already serving in the military. And not once during any hearing did I hear military leaders citing transgender service members as a threat to our military readiness."