John Sarbanes

I'll be candid, I don't trust you right now. I don't know whether it's I don't trust your judgment, or I don't trust your motives.

And climate change is increasing that trend.

I was proud to sponsor, with a number of my colleagues, the TREES Act, which would plant trees in low-income communities and increase the tree canopy in areas that have historically lacked green space.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Can you hear me?

I think it could undermine the census.

The politics need to be kept away from this space.

I don't want to belabor what the president has done because it is very clear... that what the president has proposed most recently is not only unconstitutional, it is completely unworkable.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you, Dr. Dillingham.

This is a patriotic exercise that we engage in every 10 years to know who is in our country, how many people, so we know how to provide services and resources and function as a country.

You know, fundamentally, you can't run a country if you don't know how many people are in your country, and that is the purpose of the census, plain and simple.

This isn't about political power grabs. This is about doing what makes common sense and what our Constitution calls upon us to do every 10 years.

Many people have opined already that the president's memorandum is unlawful and unconstitutional.

I would strongly urge the current Census Bureau and Department of Commerce senior officials to follow these principles for the 2020 census.

Perceptions that the results of the 2020 census have been manipulated for political purposes will greatly erode public and stakeholder confidence not only in the 2020 census but in our democracy.

I think you're describing how this pandemic may be completely changing up the way vaccines are produced and approved and tested and so forth, for life after the pandemic.

You don't have to sacrifice safety to achieve the speed that you've undertaken right now.

I want to thank the panel for all your work and obviously for your testimony today.

I appreciate the panel. I certainly want to thank my colleagues, Congressman Langevin and Congressman Gallagher, not just for their testimony this morning, but for their efforts on this proposal, which I support very strongly.

Mr. Secretary, will you commit to ensuring that communities, especially low income and vulnerable communities, are able to take advantage of the low-cost energy and skilled job opportunities offered by solar technology as we are trying to…

As we look to stimulate the economy moving forward and recover, we can build on an economy that is more equitable, more resilient, and promotes a cleaner and healthier future for our communities.

It is taking a huge toll on our healthcare workforce.

There are bills under consideration.

Thanks for this hearing.

Thanks for your leadership in terms of empowering small voices in terms of small donors, number one, in terms of public financing.

We know that hostile actors both foreign and domestic, sadly, have grown quite sophisticated in exploiting these platforms.