It's actually a self-administered swab. So we no longer need the skilled professionals with the deep nasopharyngeal swab.

We also know that we're in this for the long haul. The virus isn't going to disappear or go away anytime soon.

The idea that BLM leadership shouldn't be influenced by the communities that live, work and play on our public lands is misguided.

I encourage you to support the relocation of the BLM headquarters to Grand Junction, Colorado, a place where there is actually BLM land.

Congressmen and women, on behalf of the people of western Colorado, I encourage you to support the move of the BLM headquarters to Grand Junction, Colorado--a place where there is actually BLM land.

When we say the states are laboratories of democracy, we mean that literally here.

Landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth was a grand challenge. Making Earth's atmosphere safe for everyone is an even grander one.

We don't have to choose between creating good jobs and saving our air, our water, and our way of life. We can and we must do both by growing our renewable energy sector.

We are going further in Colorado with Senate Bill 181, which takes additional steps to minimize emission of methane and other pollutants from the oil and gas production process.

The United States is not a nation that backs down from a challenge.

We Coloradoans place a high value on our natural environment and the health of our communities.

I would encourage the Committee on Natural Resources to continue their work on establishing additional wilderness areas both in Colorado as well as other areas of the country.

It is undeniable that companies see a profitable future in renewables, and given the dire stakes, it is our job as policymakers to accelerate the transition towards a cleaner, greener, more sustainable, and more affordable energy future.

I have no doubt we can take bold action at the federal level as well.

The climate crisis is a huge problem. When we confront it, it makes us realize that we're all in this together.

I was glad to see the House pass H.R. 9 to keep America in the Paris Climate Agreement, and I hope the Senate follows suit.

Our next moonshot is solving the climate crisis. I know we can do it.

I am going to yield the balance of my time to another inspiration for all of us, the great representative of this community, Congressman Joe Neguse.

The Methane Waste Prevention Act would reinstate the Methane Waste and Pollution Prevention Standards that were established by the BLM and EPA in 2016.

Among the many reasons for protecting our public lands, of course, is that they are enormous economic drivers of jobs in Colorado.

The United States does not back down from a challenge. We are a nation of leaders, of doers, of dreamers.

I am honored to welcome you to Colorado for a very important field hearing to discuss climate change, an existential threat to our security, our health, our economy, our public lands and ecosystems, and our very way of life.

There is no economic or moral reason for the United States... to stick our heads in the sand.

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