"I recently introduced the End Oil and Gas Subsidies Act, to eliminate just 11 specific provisions in our Tax Code."
"So I spent, as you know, 20 years in the energy industry."
"I have a hard time squaring that logic, because there ain't nobody building subcritical coal plants except for state-subsidized massive utilities."
"The lowest-cost energy system is also the cleanest energy system, but there are these massive institutional barriers."
"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."
"Climate risk should be mandatory, and it should be clear, and it should be understandable."
"I really do, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for your leadership."
"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."
"There isn't an energy market in the world that is actually subject to truly competitive market forces."
"Rushing a vaccine to market too early is massively dangerous to public health."
"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."
"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."