Now, certainly this is ambitious, but ambition is what we need right now.

Last month's Leaders Summit on Climate, the first summit for the Biden Administration, was another strong signal to the world that the U.S. is back after years of costly absence.

I also want to thank Ranking Member McCaul for his partnership with me, as always, on conducting in the manner we have moved this hearing and this committee together.

I will be banging the gavel so that we can get to as many Members as possible.

Even if we achieve our ambitious goals of keeping 1.5 percent warming within reach, our children will still have to learn to live on a dramatically changed planet.

I want to thank Special Envoy Kerry for his expert testimony today on the path ahead.

climate change is no longer a crisis on the horizon, it is an existential threat that will displace populations, imperil economies, fuel conflict, and forever change our planet.

I have set out a legislative goal of creating a bipartisan and clear, light-touch regulatory framework for digital assets that promotes innovation while protecting consumers.

Transparency is particularly important where investors are seeking information on the demographic makeup of company boards.

I would hope that you could also think of maybe other initiatives that you can consider or encourage others within the department to have greater diversity in both corporate America and at the SEC itself.

The best thing they could do, frankly, would be to ask the Security Council to take responsibility for the problem and hand it over to them instead of being an obstacle and a fig leaf that allows for Security Council inaction, in my…