Joe Neguse

The Sunrise Movement, that have pushed for significant action to move the needle against climate change by pushing for the Green New Deal.

The administration has continued to propose drastic cuts to climate research funding and to make remarks that are blatantly false.

The IPCC determined that we have 12 years to ensure that the increase in global temperature remains below the threshold.

But addressing these impacts starts with an acceptance of science.

The conversations we have now, the decisions that we make today will decide the quality of life for the witnesses.

Climate change is the existential threat of our time that we must begin addressing immediately.

I would just think is something that this Congress could, I would hope, rally around.

I think agriculture--the industry, as I see it, is saying that it is not seasonal in nature...

Many of my constituents are asking for a congressional solution to what is causing immense strain on the viability of farmers everywhere.

But, fundamentally, they are only as good as their backbone, which is their employees--the farm workers who work in their fields.

Generates more than $40 billion in economic activity annually. It supports more than 170,000 jobs with cattle and calves making up over 50 percent of all the receipts.

In my home state of Colorado, as Representative Buck mentioned, agriculture is an integral part of our economy.

We have to find the courage to do what is right, to provide a seat at America's table for those who have long grown the food we serve on it.

I am grateful for your support of the Equality Act and leading in the business community on this front.

I fully support and look forward to voting for [the Equality Act].

It is long past time that we emulate those important protections at the Federal level.

We cannot grow complacent in the quest for equal rights for all.

Fairness and equality, in my view, are core American values.

I appreciate this hearing giving us, the Committee, an opportunity to engage on this issue before the legislation comes before us for our consideration.

Water is, of course, the lifeblood of Colorado.

Drought is a problem that impacts every state and every district in the country, but it is especially magnified in the western United States.

Thank you, Mr. Eklund, for that clarification.

The Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan is obviously an important proposal that needs to be discussed, not only for my home state of Colorado, the other six Basin states, but also for the country.

It would do us no good if we only looked at an agenda that favored one side.

Protecting our environment is real. We understand that. It is something that is incumbent upon us as Members of Congress...