As a leader on @HouseScience, I’m thrilled to help the House pass two bipartisan bills that will accelerate our transition to a clean energy economy, help our efforts in #SolvingTheClimateCrisis, & support our nation’s scientific enterprise.
The @NSF for the Future Act will scale up investments in fundamental research and support efforts like @OregonState’s Taani, a research vessel that will map the seafloor & help identify geologic structures important in predicting Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquakes.
The @doescience for the Future Act will advance the next generation of clean energy, energy storage, and manufacturing technologies. DOE’s work contributes to important discoveries to decarbonize the electricity sector, strengthen quantum computing, and more.
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Last night I arrived in Texas w/ my @HispanicCaucus colleagues for an important trip to investigate the Trump administration’s harmful #RemainInMexico policy. We’ll be observing conditions for asylum seekers on both sides of the border today. Follow along here. #DemsAtTheBorder
Crossing the border to Matamoros, Mexico, where families are being sent to stay in dangerous conditions while seeking asylum under the Trump admin’s #RemainInMexico policy. #DemsAtTheBorder
I’m extremely concerned about the conditions asylum seekers are staying in and how long they have to wait to make their case. #DontLookAway#DemsAtTheBorder
The Dept of Education is failing to protect #LGBTQ students. A recent @amprog report showed that complaints of discrimination and harassment based on sexual orientation and gender identity are increasing. americanprogress.org/issues/lgbt/re…
Tragically, the Trump Administration is nine times less likely than the Obama Administration to act on those complaints and order corrective action.
In April, I asked Sec. DeVos if she knew about the high rates of suicide among transgender youth when she rolled back the guidance, and she admitted that she did.
Today I will vote in favor of the resolution to terminate the President’s declaration of a national emergency. No such emergency exists on the U.S.-Mexico border.
The President is using this declaration as a false pretense to divert taxpayer money, primarily away from the Department of Defense, toward the construction of a wasteful, ineffective wall along the southern border.
This declaration is an unacceptable abuse of power that circumvents the constitutional authority of Congress.
In its latest attempt to diminish science, the Trump admin released the Fourth National Climate Assessment on a holiday weekend when they thought no one was paying attention. But make no mistake - we noticed, and will not let them stand in the way of real climate action. #NCA4
The National Climate Assessment is too important to ignore. Every day until @HouseDemocrats take back the Majority, I will be sharing findings from #NCA4. Please like and RT to amplify the significance of #ClimateChange and how it affects us all. #ClimateCrisisCountdown
As the top Democrat on the @SciCmteDems Environment Subcommittee, I take my responsibility seriously to #DefendScience and protect our environment. To start the #ClimateCrisisCountdown, I am going to share a few of the most staggering facts from the #NCA4