"In my district, we have been fighting for years to hold corporate fossil fuel polluters, like Marathon Petroleum, the coal carbon industry accountable."
"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."
"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..."
"I could not agree more, and I can tell you, you know, it starts with us in this chamber to take leadership."
"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."
"At the end of the day, they are killing us."
"You cannot sacrifice people's lives."
"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."
"Do you think cutting benefits by 20 to 30 percent is a threat to pensions?"
"It is about transparency and the fact that no one is above the law."