.@RonWyden: "I also think when we talk about paying for these investments, whether it's paid leave or child care or home and community-based services, we ought to say everybody should pay their fair share."
@danprimack@NialaBoodhoo@RonWyden@GalvanizeLLC@TomSteyer .@TomSteyer:"I believe that the Democratic Party will come to a negotiated place which will include very important climate regulations, climate initiatives, and specifically they will be encouraging the move to clean electricity generation across the U.S. during this decade."
.@TomSteyer: "If we're going to succeed as a country in meeting our pledge to reduce our carbon emissions, we have to start with electricity generation and understand that that's going to feed into all of the other incredible technological and innovative changes."
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@mikeallen@Ben_Geman@ginamccarthy46@EnvDefenseFund@FredKrupp .@ginamccarthy46:"I think everybody’s beginning to understand as the president tours sites of wildfires and flooding and other really big challenges like drought, there’s this silent killer for climate change that’s called excess heat, that really doesn’t get enough attention."
SCOOP: Federal law enforcement agencies are purchasing surveillance drones from a Chinese company the Pentagon has deemed a potential national security threat, Axios has learned.
The U.S. Secret Service is the latest to purchase surveillance drones from the Shenzhen-based company DJI, which dominates the commercial drone market in the U.S. and abroad.
New photos show Border Patrol agents whipping at and charging their horses at Haitian migrants attempting to get to an international bridge in Del Rio, where thousands have sought refuge trying to seek asylum.
Three NYC tourists were arrested after allegedly assaulting a restaurant hostess when she asked for proof of their vaccination status before they could be seated indoors.
New York City currently has a vaccine mandate for indoor activities.
.@SenAlexPadilla on getting Sens. Manchin and Sinema on board with the infrastructure package: "I do believe we're going to get to yes at the end of the day and that end of the day is going to be in the weeks ahead, not the months ahead."
McKayla Maroney, Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and Maggie Nichols are testifying before Congress about the FBI's mishandlings of sexual abuse allegations against Larry Nassar.
Aly Raisman: "I cannot tell you how horrifying it is to meet young girls who look up to me ... and tell me that they went to see Larry Nassar because of me."
It "takes everything I have to work on not taking the blame for that because it is horrific." trib.al/Z3c02nR