"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."
"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."
"The air is too polluted for kids to be able to go to school and learn."
"I would call this gaslighting. That is kind of what we call it in the neighborhood."
"Do you believe, as the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco wrote recently, that climate change is a serious risk to the financial system?"
"Our country's overreliance on fossil fuels has a disproportionate burden on poor and vulnerable communities like mine."
"Do you believe that climate change is a serious risk to the financial system, not only the planet?"
"I would advise you, Mr. Secretary, to get personal legal advice because the cover-up by this Administration goes beyond just providing the taxes."
"According to reporting in the New Yorker, the Koch brothers have funded many sources of environmental skepticism."
"Our 12 years is here now, and that's how I feel when we talk about climate change."