"I want to ask you about the Climate Council. The council reflects, of course, as you mentioned, the Biden Administration's whole of government approach."
"There's a growing college affordability crisis in this country, and it started long before the pandemic."
"We know that the Pell Grant delivers critical financial support to make college accessible, especially for our most historically disenfranchised students."
"Most heat related deaths are preventable, and we owe it to their families and friends to take action that will prevent further loss of life."
"We must recognize that the devastating heat dome disproportionately affected vulnerable communities, like the low-income neighborhoods that became heat islands."
"How can this hyperlocal data help to confirm investments that will improve the resilience of our communities for future extreme heat events?"
"Extreme heat events like the unprecedented temperatures we had here in Oregon that killed 116 Oregonians last month are expected to increase in frequency and intensity because of the climate crisis."
"Last year I joined my colleagues on the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis in releasing a bold, comprehensive, science-based climate action plan to reach net zero emissions no later than mid-centu..."
"Building a resilient clean energy economy using our climate action plan will help boost our economic recovery as well."
"We've woven environmental justice throughout the plan."
"I know that our transition to a clean energy economy must support workers, and I'm working on a bill to establish a National Economic Transition Office."
"These dangerous temperatures, combined with a thin snowpack and below average precipitation, are really raising alarms about our upcoming wildfire season."