"In my district, we have been fighting for years to hold corporate fossil fuel polluters, like Marathon Petroleum, the coal carbon industry accountable."
"When black piles... started showing up on a Detroit riverfront blowing into people's homes... we had it independently tested and it had carcinogenic, and all these other toxins in there that cause can..."
"Our 12 years is here now, and that's how I feel when we talk about climate change."
"I'm really concerned about the fossil fuel industry and others, which are continued to poison our national conversation and stop meaningful Federal action on climate change."
"According to reporting in the New Yorker, the Koch brothers have funded many sources of environmental skepticism."
"I want to share a story. I used to walk down my block for over 30 years."
"This is a sentencing for some of our most vulnerable residents to death if we do not act now."
"It starts with us in this chamber to take leadership and accepting the science is real and it is true."
"Carbon dioxide is a natural occurring, nontoxic, and beneficial gas, and it poses no direct threat to the public health."
"Do you believe that lump sum retirement payments shortchange our retirees as they would be getting far less than they would have received over time with their pensions?"
"I would recommend that you look at the Government Accountability Office, who reported that retirees who take lump sum payments could see their assets drop, and Forbes estimates that by choosing the lu..."
"Do you think cutting benefits by 20 to 30 percent is a threat to pensions?"