"House Republicans have spent dozens of hours of precious Committee time hearing testimony from nearly 20 witnesses on their baseless and increasingly embarrassing attempts to link President Biden to actions of his family members."
"Let us let today's hearing be the final nail in the coffin of this sham impeachment investigation."
"Decades of pollution and overuse and overreliance on fossil fuels have disproportionately harmed Black and Brown communities in St. Louis and throughout the world."
"The time for change is now. This is quite literally a matter of life and death."
"The people of my community need to know their lights will turn on and the heat will kick in when they need it."
"In my opening statement, I spoke of my constituents in marginalized communities who bear the brunt of the high cost of burning fossil fuels for power generation."
"The price of energy poses a real problem for the people of St. Louis, but so does smog and greenhouse gasses, climate change, exacerbated superstorms."
"Democrats in Congress are doing the hard work to catalyze new climate-friendly solutions."
"Access to these basic utilities is a human right."
"Black children in St. Louis are ten times more likely to visit the emergency room for asthma than White children."
"The potential mishandling of classified information is a serious issue."