Melanie Stansbury

President Trump, who has literally spent most of his life involved in pay-to-play scandals.

The influence of dark money at the Department of the Interior has never been more apparent than it was under the Trump administration.

I hope we can get back to working for the American people.

We have Members... that are repeating Russian and Chinese disinformation that has been planted in the U.S. media.

America needs to wake up, because if we do not take action in this chamber, the threats to global and domestic security will have significant and devastating impacts for the United States.

The Chinese are watching what we do right now, and our first and best defense is to support our allies.

The threat is real. Our allies... are afraid of the Chinese Government and the economic and military threat that they pose to their democracies.

If we do not support our allies in Europe and in the Pacific, we could be on the verge of a major war in which American service members would be deployed.

We have to defend the science, it is why we have to sit here and defend our agencies who are making sure that American women and all people have access to the care that they need.

If the Supreme Court does overturn FDA's decision to approve that medication this summer, we could see a ban on medicated abortion across the United States.

The FDA approved Mifepristone to be used as a totally appropriate medicated way of addressing issues around reproductive care.

This body has to urgently take action, it is why we have to defend the science.

If judges start legislating from the bench on this kind of medicine, it could be anything.

I find it disgusting. I find it frustrating. It is why I ran for office, because I am sick of politicians just coming in front of people and saying, oh, we will fix the problem, and then they go and do their political theater.

What we don't need is a bunch of political theater bringing people into our chambers to tell their stories just so you can go out there and talk to Fox News and make your point.

I watched as politician after politician has gotten up on daises like this and held hearings like this and said, oh, I am so sorry, we should address this crisis, but then actually wouldn't do anything because it is just political theater.

This is not a new crisis. It is all right there in the report.

What we have heard over and over again, including from all five chiefs of Border Patrol, is they need more resources.

We know the facts are very clear on this, that 90 percent of fentanyl is coming into the United States across legal ports of entry.

We know that Congress has to act, and I implore my colleagues to help address this issue.

I implore my colleagues across the aisle to not turn this hearing into a partisan hearing.

The fentanyl crisis is not a partisan issue. Opioid addiction...does not know any political party.

This represents, in total, the largest single investment in the clean energy revolution

The Biden Administration has made once-in-a-generation investments in our grid, in technology, in reshoring manufacturing

Climate change is real, it is happening.