Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

The Federal coal program alone is responsible for 13 percent of our total U.S. greenhouse gas pollution.

It is clearly time to end all new Federal coal leasing on public lands and invest in domestic renewable energy production.

The public needs answers.

It is just patently false that the EPA has overstepped their authority

The intent of Congress when they passed the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act was to protect American citizens

I do hope to work with my colleagues across the aisle to make sure we potentially address any potential loopholes around reclamation.

That said, there are some aspects to this legislation that I would like to note.

I do believe this is a positive step toward addressing coal mining's harmful legacy that will build on funds appropriated through the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act to clean up and reclaim abandoned mine lands.

And unsurprising to no one, this regulation had a massive impact on fatalities with the pilot training hour requirement.

These regulations are written in blood.

We long know that regulations are written in blood.

It is really just astonishing to me that we are having a hearing today about regulations, not a specific regulation, just regulations.

I just have to commend Congressman Connolly for his strong performance...

I agree that the workforce must be qualified and empowered to create a safer, more sustainable industry.

This bill would allow Good Samaritans to use their own funds and do what they can to help clean up abandoned mines.

In the nearly 234 years of the American presidency, no former president has ever had to answer to anything more daunting than the verdict of history.

They are going to have to decide if they are going to choose a cult of personality, or this country.

I do think that what is happening now is also layered into a bubbling political tension, in what is happening, in the House.

What we saw during his first term was him putting undue influence, on the FBI, on the Department of Justice, to engage in an agenda of political -- in a politically-motivated agenda.

I think Donald Trump is the king of saying one thing, to his supporters, and doing another, doing the opposite, in private.

Progressives are warning President Biden not to budge in negotiations over the debt ceiling.

You have got the manufacturers charging, you have got the PBMs charging, you have insurers.

We need to take a step back and figure out how did we get here, especially on drugs like insulin.

I heard earlier Republicans saying someone should go to jail for how expensive some drugs are in this country.

I think it is incredibly important that we tackle these issues substantively.