"St. Louis and I are here today to highlight the urgent need for new investments in renewable, reliable energy."
"If we actually want to decarbonize the country as we have promised to do, by rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement, then we need to invest substantially more in deep decarbonization efforts."
"This bill is so extremist and unscientific that it could only have been written by the industry that will profit the most, Big Oil."
"Republicans are wasting our time on the preposterous and offensive oil industry wish list."
"We have gotten asthma from dirty energy, which I have. We have become unhoused due to high energy bills, which I have."
"A high utility bill meant I had to choose between paying off my electric bill or buying food for my babies."
"These high bills made my family struggle. When we want to talk about understanding economic justice or environmental justice, let us talk to people who actually experience it."
"It is clearer than ever that our best path to energy security is to rapidly diminish our reliance on fossil fuels."
"To achieve energy security, we know we not only must never develop new fossil fuel infrastructure again, but we also must invest in public renewable energy."
"Last year, St. Louis experienced two 1-in-1,000-year flooding events within three days."
"Despite House Republicans' claims to the contrary, we understand that the United States is currently the world's largest oil and natural gas producer."