Political Quotes

“I want to thank my very able colleague, Congressman Casten, for the opportunity to join him and Congresswoman Castor, the leaders of this marvelous committee on climate change. I thank them very much for leading our country and world in this regard. My goal as chair of the House Energy and Water Subcommittee is to help them and help our generation embrace a better future for those that will follow. We must sustain life on Earth. Let us all help our country and world meet the challenges as we face the dawn of this new climate change era. The clean energy future of our Nation and our ability to reboot and reenergize the domestic manufacturing economy depends on climate- related infrastructure programs for inventing that new future. Addressing climate change will create and even bring back good paying jobs right here at home. Addressing climate change is our portal to sustain life on Earth for generations to come. Headlines coast to coast, as others have referenced, tell part of the story. Yes, the Earth is warming. The rate of increase for damaging weather events is unrelenting. Each of us, and each of our districts, have personally experienced the impacts of this historic change. If we fail to address the hastening crisis, it is to our collective peril. As a small first step, I would urge every American who may be listening to plant trees. Yes, everyone can do something.…”