"The generational scars that have been left on my people, the land, and the waters we hold sacred in the name of industry are still painful today."
"Fabulous. And are there any changes the Committee should consider making through the ONDCP reauthorization process to improve the office's ability to coordinate drug control policy and action across t..."
"Thank you so much, Mr. Chair and thank you, Dr. Gupta for testifying before the Committee today, and thank you for your tireless commitment to ending the overdose crisis, which has devastated so many ..."
"It is my understanding that, currently, you all do not have, and consequently we do not have, real-data on overdoses happening in the United States, including non-fatal overdoses."
"The stakes are high. The health of the planet and the well-being of the workforce and future generations hang in the balance."
"It's nuts that we're talking about reinvesting in fossil fuels while wealthier areas are already putting their money in wind so they can make clean energy, create jobs, and keep their people safe."
"Our public lands and waters contribute nearly a quarter to those emissions."
"It is time we right that wrong and advance renewable energy without forced ties to fossil fuels."
"Some of the earlier testimony that we saw today also referred, and I am glad to hear that there was agreement on this, that the public should not bear the costs of decommissioning."
"The current arguments characterizing energy independence lose credibility when you discover that the United States is currently exporting 50 percent more oil and gas than we did in 2019."
"The United States is the world's largest historic emitter of greenhouse gasses. We have a debt to pay."