Kim Schrier

So we need a full portfolio of alternative sources of energy: hydro, nuclear, solar and wind, including offshore wind.

But there is certainty that continued reliance on fossil fuels will further warm the planet. And that is already disastrous.

And that is why the CAMRA Act is so important, to make sure that the NIH gets this data to guide us as pediatricians, teachers, parents on our children's access and use of social media and screen time.

I so strongly support this legislation that will increase funding for pediatric cancer and rare disease research.

I hope you will have some really good opportunities for a path forward after this discussion.

I know one of those details we have talked about is how do we get more personnel? How can you hire more people, because you do need people that do this work.

Every year we are seeing more fires, earlier fires, a longer fire season, and more money and resources used to suppress those fires.

They are ready to dive in and get to work, and so whatever barriers are there, if you could work to eliminate those, I think we could make even more progress.

The expectation is that NEPA should be out in spring or early summer.

I will send you a formal invitation, to come out to Washington State and lay eyes on areas of forest that have been appropriately managed.

I also wanted to highlight one particular landscape restoration project that is really important in my district.

We were talking about the importance of thinning forests, and one of the solutions is having mills.

I would just love to encourage you to continue to work with George, and with our Commissioner of Public Lands, Hilary Franz.

They face some really big barriers, and one of those barriers is the need to partner with the Forest Service.

Our state is doing some incredible work.

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They have the potential to make an impact and have garnered broad bipartisan support.

Farmers and ranchers are right at the front-lines of the climate crisis.

Carbon markets are one tool that we have to address and mitigate the growing threat of climate change.

We need an all hands-on-deck approach to forest management.

Increasing carbon sequestration through forestry is simple--it is grounded in science-based forest management.

Carbon markets are one tool we have to address and mitigate the growing threat of climate change.

Farmers and ranchers are at the front lines of the climate crisis.

As the only pediatrician ever elected to Congress, this discussion about COVID and children is extremely important to me.

I want to thank you for saying that because I was listening to President Biden talk about this being a pandemic of the unvaccinated, and I was thinking in of my pediatrician and also children.