"We have an obligation to make our public lands part of the solution to the climate crisis, rather than the problem."
"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."
"Let's be clear. Oil companies brought in $200 billion in profit last year, while high energy prices meant that many families struggled to keep food on the table."
"We owe American workers energy stability and protection, not hollow promises."
"So, I ask again, as our communities lose jobs to volatile oil companies, whose security is really at stake when we talk about energy security and independence?"
"Rather than maintaining the status quo and propping up the fossil fuel industry, let's invest in the cleanup of the thousands of miles of abandoned pipelines and countless abandoned wells and rigs to ..."
"It is time we right that wrong and advance renewable energy without forced ties to fossil fuels."
"The stakes are high. The health of the planet and the well-being of the workforce and future generations hang in the balance."
"What we're fighting for is the right of the people of Louisiana to remain in their homes and have clean air to breathe and clean water to drink."
"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."
"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."
"The United States is the world's largest historic emitter of greenhouse gasses. We have a debt to pay."