Well, if you need assistance, obviously, I would love to be kept apprised.

The longer that we drag out the Everglades restoration, the longer it takes for the projects that are behind us to receive funding.

Investing in the restoration of the Florida Everglades checks all of those boxes.

I want to just touch base on the EAA Reservoir that you just mentioned, because it is vital to reducing harmful discharges that have long plagued St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee River estuaries.

we need to use every tool in the toolbox to keep warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius

We need to add resiliency to the grid. We need to harden the grid.

I share the Biden administration's support for a whole-of-government approach to climate change.

the future of our country is in good hands with you in the role that you are in

I fully support the Biden administration's whole-of-government effort to stop climate change.

In my experience as a legislator, that's not how the eminent domain process is supposed to work.

OK. So, if you're not above the law, then I assume you'll be fully complying with FERC's March 2021 order.

The Hatch Act is intended to protect our democracy and ensure that government officials don't abuse their power or resources of their position for partisan purposes or to advocate, as you both mentioned, for an outcome in an election.

Should political appointees be exempt from punishment from Hatch Act violations?

the Hatch Act prohibits executive branch employees from using their, quote, official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the results of an election.

We have that standard that we're supposed to abide by and we punish Members of Congress when they do not, and we need to make sure that throughout the executive branch that occurs as well.

I think that is a fair point.

if Congress fails to take bold action to address this, that we're going to have many more mothers that are permanently forced out of the workplace.

There's no question about it. 1988 levels is the year I graduated from college, so that is basically my entire adult life.

Since the start of the pandemic, women saw a net loss of more than 5.4 million jobs.

we have to address America's childcare crisis as far as part of pandemic recovery.

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It feels like we are lighting money on fire. This is the classic definition of insanity.

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