"Again, doing nothing does result in death, and people really are hurt by the fact that government is doing nothing to protect them."
"Every day my residents in my district face environmental hazards that threaten their ability to thrive."
"The air is too polluted for kids to be able to go to school and learn."
"Do you believe that climate change is a serious risk to the financial system, not only the planet?"
"I want--folks, don't say that you are committed to clean and sustainable financing because your companies' words are not consistent with your actions."
"I would call this gaslighting. That is kind of what we call it in the neighborhood."
"Our country's overreliance on fossil fuels has a disproportionate burden on poor and vulnerable communities like mine."
"Do you believe, as the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco wrote recently, that climate change is a serious risk to the financial system?"
"You cannot sacrifice people's lives."
"At the end of the day, they are killing us."
"Today's hearing makes it very clear that climate change threatens the health and security of each and every American, but the harm done by climate change will not be distributed equally."
"I could not agree more, and I can tell you, you know, it starts with us in this chamber to take leadership."