"the administration has continued to propose drastic cuts to climate research funding and to make remarks that are blatantly false."
"the Sunrise Movement, that have pushed for significant action to move the needle against climate change by pushing for the Green New Deal."
"I see through the prism of being a young father and making sure that she inherits a world that is perhaps better than the one that I inherited."
"I think of the, you know, recent EPA rollback of the MATS rule. And I think that 100 percent of their livelihoods are in danger because of this."
"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."
"In my home state of Colorado, as Representative Buck mentioned, agriculture is an integral part of our economy."
"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."
"But, fundamentally, they are only as good as their backbone, which is their employees--the farm workers who work in their fields."
"Many of my constituents are asking for a congressional solution to what is causing immense strain on the viability of farmers everywhere."
"I think agriculture--the industry, as I see it, is saying that it is not seasonal in nature..."
"I would just think is something that this Congress could, I would hope, rally around."
"Fairness and equality, in my view, are core American values."