Jay Inslee

We have been dedicated to developing a clean energy economy and in part, because of that, we have the best economy in the United States.

There are a heck of a lot more jobs fighting climate change than there is in denying climate change.

We recognize that we are the first generation to feel the sting of climate change and we are the last generation that can actually do something about it.

We simply can't allow that to happen, which is why Democrats have introduced H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act.

It is not and should not be a partisan issue.

State and local government initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas pollution stand in stark contrast to the recent actions by the Trump administration.

I think it is important for people to have a forum to look at this on a scientifically credible way rather than just press releases or bumper stickers.

I support what we are doing in our State, which we have a task force to help respond to the Federal court order.

I intend to develop a clean energy system for the United States and the State of Washington.

Yes. It is extremely important, and we also want to have developed policies so that we can move renewable energy to its most productive usage.

I think that is where maybe the Federal Government could be most important, having the financial resources that the Federal Government does, and having a unified R&D program nationally I think would be extremely important.

I think we have to have a little more optimism and if we do follow the can do spirit of America we will embrace these executive actions.

When I heard the President the other day saying that, you know, your television will turn off if the wind doesn't blow, I don't know why someone has not explained to him the existence of batteries.

I think there is too much fear about this, and I think if we look at the success we have had, we have seen that these things actually work.

We expect any administration, whether it's Republican or Democrat, to help us in the cleanup effort.

The administration is not fulfilling its obligation to the people of the State of Washington in a variety of contexts.

I think that we need to find a more consensus-based approach on waste disposal.

We need the Congress to move.

In our State, Republicans and Democrats came together. Why can't we see this same bipartisanship in the U.S. House?

I told him he ought to take a look at what Washington is doing. We have an extreme risk protection order system where family members who have a person who is a threat to themselves or others can petition to the court to have the law…

We need them in the classroom. So this is one of these ideas that turned out to be a really, really poor idea, and I hope the President would listen and really back down on this.

This is the way they've stymied every common sense gun legislation so far and they've tied up Congress. It's a wholly owned subsidiary of the NRA right now.

The proposal to raise to 21 is just common sense.

This is a pattern of sort of saying things and then backing away from them and then going the opposite direction. It's the art of the con and we've seen it many times from this president.

I just think this is a circumstance where we need to listen, that educators should educate, and they should not be foisted upon this responsibility of packing heat in first grade classes.