Kathy Castor

In May, Representative Casten and I led a letter to Fed Chairman Powell urging him to join the NGFS as an active member.

I wish we would have had more GOP Members join us in our Climate Action Now bill that just said simply that the U.S. needs to remain in the international climate agreement.

I hope we share that vision for the clean energy future, because the escalating cost and impacts of the climate crisis are upon us.

The science is in, the risks are clear, and the incredible opportunities for progress are within our reach.

Well, thank you, Commissioner Behnam, for your outstanding testimony today. We really do appreciate all the hard work you put in for your Market Risk Advisory Committee report.

It is important that those risks are explained and quantified, which is why I am very grateful to work with my friend, Representative Casten, on the Climate Risk Disclosure Act.

Whether it's extreme heat, intense flooding, stronger storms, or relentless wildfires, the climate crisis continues to pose a severe threat to America's economy and the pocketbooks of all Americans.

The risks and harms of climate change are hurting families, farmers, and small business owners, as well as workers in manufacturing and the energy sector.

You simply can't gloss over the fact that the administration's public health response to COVID-19 has been weak and overly politicized.

I thank Chairman Pallone for yielding me the time. We are in the grips of a climate crisis, a climate emergency, and time is running out. Time is running out to avoid the worst consequences of a heating planet. Time is running out to avoid…

What they are doing by bringing this case to the United States Supreme Court is cruel and it is wrong.

President Trump and Republicans are urging the United States Supreme Court to strike down the Affordable Care Act in its entirety.

It is truly unconscionable that this would be urged on at any time, but especially in the middle of a public health crisis.

Fortunately, as Ms. Soholt testified, transmission construction creates a lot of good-paying, union jobs.

I look forward to hearing their recommendations to help solve the climate crisis.

This is the July 27 letter that is in the portal.

Workers are at the center of our climate action plan.

We can create jobs, jobs, jobs--good-paying jobs that move us toward net-zero emissions by 2050.

We must heed the calls for racial justice, protect the health of our families, help our neighbors get back to work.

Investing in clean energy gives us an opportunity to create millions of good-paying jobs, family-sustaining jobs that will get Americans back to work and strengthen our middle class.

To achieve that, we are going to need to rapidly deploy more renewables.

In short, wind turbines are not the greatest threat to birds today. Climate change is.

It can repair injustices of the past as we commit to invest in Black and Brown communities disproportionately harmed by the climate crisis.

America is reeling from a number of interrelated and severe crises that I believe can be solved through transformational action and leadership.

It can also make our communities healthier, as we deploy innovative technologies that will reduce pollution.