Kathy Castor: “As we stare down the barrel of a costly climate catastrophe, there's much more we must do.”

This simply is not business as usual today. They bring a bill, H.R. 27, in an effort to paper over the crisis that is going on out there. Mr. Speaker, I just have to ask my Republican colleagues, because we have so few opportunities to do…

I urge all of my colleagues to support H.R. 7213, and I yield back the balance of my time.

It's wrong and fiscally unwise—and will set children back at a time that they need support.

I was about to answer the question on everyone's mind: Why would anyone oppose putting money back into the pockets of hardworking American families? It is because the GOP is so aligned with oil and gas companies that they want you to use…