"The time for action to avoid the worst effects of climate change is rapidly closing."
"This should not be a partisan issue."
"I think is pure politics and it is below the bipartisanship of this committee."
"It is consequential to withdraw from an international agreement we helped spearhead."
"I strongly support H.R. 9 to recommit us to leadership and to climate action and to doing it right now."
"I would like to invite my Republican colleagues to join the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus."
"If we do not act now, we are nearing a point of no return when it comes to our retirement, when it comes to our health, when it comes to our economy."
"These types of agreements should be agreed to in a transparent manner that follows the Constitution and the law."
"I am particularly concerned about the new methods being deployed by authoritarians as they seek to bend democracy to their will long before election day."
"We simply will not be part of that, very obviously."
"Well, we were actually flabbergasted. We were sitting with American officials when we heard that the president decided to cut all foreign aid to these countries. We had been touring and watching diffe..."
"But to sort of have a temper tantrum and say we're picking up all our marbles and leaving, that's the worst thing we could possibly do."