Seth Magaziner

Do you agree that climate change is impacting the availability of water out West?

Why don't we ask the oil and gas companies that made over $300 billion of profits last year to chip in to help solve the climate crisis that they have profited from?

What is coming next is the request for taxpayer bailouts.

Climate change is contributing to water scarcity.

I believe members of this Committee have called climate change a hoax or a scam.

The working people in my district in Rhode Island are going to be asked to help pay to build the infrastructure to deal with these water shortages.

Yes, I think that is an important point, that we stick with this principle that the average person not see increases under a system for fear of pricing.

And do you also agree that if we don't do anything, if man-made climate change continues unabated, that the problem is likely to get worse?

Ocean pollution is of great concern to my constituents in Rhode Island. It impacts our economy.

This is yet another reason why it is important that this committee and this Congress focus on combating the rise of racially-motivated extremism here in the homeland as well.

Can you expand on your recommendation for the creation of an Economic Threat Intelligence entity, to combat corporate espionage and the theft of IP?

Our adversary here is not the Chinese people, it is an authoritarian and anti-democratic regime that is becoming increasingly aggressive.

I think especially when we look at things like access to rare earth minerals that are critical to our economy and other factors, those relationships with the global south are important.

There is always a perennial debate on the level of foreign aid that we provide to those same nations

It is clear that the Chinese Communist Party is taking a whole-of-government approach to advancing its ambitions at the expense of U.S. and democratic interests, and therefore we must take a whole-of-government approach to meeting that…

Make no mistake, China is the competitor with the greatest combination of intent and capacity to threaten U.S. global leadership.

Our struggle is not with the Chinese people, but rather with the Chinese Communist Party that is increasingly hostile to democracy and human rights.

I will just say again, let's be honest about what this debate is really about. It is not about protecting worker retirement savings. If we were serious about that, we would be saying that ESG is material and should be considered. It is not…

We should not be cutting corners on environmental standards, on community input, and review.

We cannot have a real conversation about lowering energy costs without addressing runaway profits.

This Committee has a responsibility to ensure that America's natural resources benefit the American people and not just the special interests.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Rhode Island will be postponed. Amendment No. 16 Offered by Mr. Goldman of New York

I have an amendment at the desk, No. 58. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 2, line 13, strike ``date of enactment of this subsection'' and insert ``date this paragraph…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Rhode Island will be postponed. Amendment No. 58 Offered by Mr. Magaziner

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, after line 9, insert the following: ``(4) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this section shall be…