I think we really need to be proactive and address those things proactively rather than reactively.

I am committed to protecting our sacred lands, addressing climate change, and moving renewable energy forward.

Right now, the EPA and Interior Department are run by former lobbyists for coal and oil companies.

Thank you, Chairman. Welcome to all of you and thank you so much for taking time to be with us today.

Methane is more than 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide at trapping heat, and is responsible for about a quarter of the warming we are experiencing today.

Climate change poses an unprecedented threat to our communities and our environment.

Climate change has forced us to live in a new normal, in which fires, floods, droughts, and hurricanes wreck our communities and our national heritage.

I look forward to working with you and my colleagues to protect our public lands and to meet our obligations to our indigenous communities.

The question is: will legislation aid our communities' future survival or hinder it. I hope for all our sakes it will be the former.

Simply put, we must have legislation that clearly prioritizes investments in scalable projects like those mentioned today that reduce emissions at the source and address the historical harm and discrimination communities like mine have…

Madam Speaker, I rise to urge President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to reopen the Federal Government. Let's be clear: the crisis is not along our Nation's southern border. The real crisis is getting people back to…