Sean Casten

I want to shift to something that I think we may have a whole a lot of agreement on.

The single strategy that these kids at DEFCON demonstrated is also what is described in Robert Mueller's report that the Russians did.

In order to get the CO2 down to where we are all safe as a species, I kind of divide all of our universe of things we have to do--we don't have a choice about--we have to do all three of these, put into three buckets.

I am extremely proud to come from Illinois where the efforts that you have led, Mr. Sanders, through your ombudsman and through the Student Loan Bill of Rights, one of the best programs in the countries.

I often say that climate change is the existential threat to our species.

I would hope all of my colleagues will stop with this nonsensical argument that we have to wait for China.

I am really concerned, in light of that history, that the Trump FY 2020 budget request slashes our ability to do weather forecasting.

I think it's a 7 percent total cut. It's a $12.5 million cut in Mesonet funding.

I wanted to make that point, because your comment that share buybacks are good for U.S. companies presumes that only Americans own U.S. companies.

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I have come to the conclusion that it is the laws of the United States that are holding us back.

What you have done is leadership distilled, and what we have done so far is shameful.

Acting in response to polls may make you an effective politician, but it is the opposite of leadership.

Over the last four decades, we have had a bipartisan consensus to do nothing. And that is shameful.

This has been near and dear to me for a long time, and I am pretty sure I am the only freshman Member of Congress who made a campaign pledge to restore the OTA.

It seems to me that the budget that you're proposing has a sense that exploration should be the primary mission of NASA rather than understanding the one planet in the universe that we know actually has the capability to accommodate human…

Those programs exist today not because of the Administration but because Congress insisted on keeping those programs going.

The cost of climate--of inaction on climate change is high, but over the last two decades we've seen cost of renewable technologies fall.

While Illinois has seen an increase in extremely cold weather, we're also seeing an increase in extreme heat events.

I want to thank Chair Bernice Johnson for taking it seriously, making it a priority of this Committee meeting

There is--there is no greater threat to our economic well-being, our national security, and even our survival as a species than climate change

I do think that there needs to be a further investment on the Federal end to target resources just like targeted resources are provided to veterans and families, that there needs to be the same for LGBTQ individuals.