"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."
"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 LG..."
"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 want to thank Chair Bernice Johnson for taking it seriously, making it a priority of this Committee meeting"
"While Illinois has seen an increase in extremely cold weather, we're also seeing an increase in extreme heat events."
"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."