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A Mitch McConnell-led Senate is not going to be constructive. That's tragic.

If you are a country that believes and supports the rule of law, then you have to be committed to the principle that no one is above the law.

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We shouldn't have to be talking about this, right? But, you know, all of us, whether we're elected or serving on the federal government, we are custodians of the public trust.

The overwhelming majority of American people voted for Joe Biden. The overwhelming majority of the American voted to preserve the Democratic values in the House.

I was very pleased to see that the Fed finally listed climate change among risks in its biannual Financial Stability Report.

I am here in Congress because I am deathly concerned about climate change.

I think there is the separate section about disclosing emissions, which obviously is a separate issue, and that is easy.

If I could--and I am sorry for being quick, but I know we are tight on time.

I have a hard time squaring that logic, because there ain't nobody building subcritical coal plants except for state-subsidized massive utilities.

I have introduced the Climate Change Financial Risk Act with Senator Schatz that is specifically to direct the Fed to essentially recognize climate as a systemic risk.

So I spent, as you know, 20 years in the energy industry.

I recently introduced the End Oil and Gas Subsidies Act, to eliminate just 11 specific provisions in our Tax Code.

Well, I am delighted to hear about the collateralization.

The lowest-cost energy system is also the cleanest energy system, but there are these massive institutional barriers.

Climate risk should be mandatory, and it should be clear, and it should be understandable.

There isn't an energy market in the world that is actually subject to truly competitive market forces.

I really do, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for your leadership.

I have introduced H.R. 3623, the Climate Risk Disclosure Act, which would direct the SEC to require companies to disclose these physical, these transitional risks, these emissions risks.

If it is not tested on populations who are healthy prior to taking the vaccine, it not only risks our health from the vaccine but risks future certainty about the trustworthiness of all vaccines.

Rushing a vaccine to market too early is massively dangerous to public health.

Thank you, Chairwoman Fletcher, and thanks to our panel. This is going to surprise all of my colleagues, but my questions are about climate change, not COVID.