"we are talking about opening up all women and girls to genital examinations when they are underage."
"I think not."
"I do not believe we are sitting here in a panel of men that has actually thought about the biology and privacy consequences of all women, trans or cisgender, here."
"And I am supposed to believe that this is who is looking out for my best interests? I think not."
"We cannot continue to import critical minerals from places like Guatemala in order to make clean energy possible here at the expense of lives and livelihoods of vulnerable groups elsewhere."
"We must refuse to harm Central America, indigenous and many other communities around the world who live at or near sites of extraction, and we must update and enforce mining laws to ensure development..."
"Our need to develop domestic supply of these materials, it will only increase in urgency as the demand continues to increase."
"We will work with the Biden-Harris Administration to rapidly transition to a renewable energy economy."
"The climate crisis is not only here, but will grow more catastrophic without rapid and deep cuts to greenhouse gas pollution."
"Oil and gas development exacerbates all of these threats."
"Hunters are being forced to travel further and further to find resources and to avoid hunting grounds now dominated by industry."
"Fossil fuel development is a looming threat to the Gwich'in people."