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Ranking Member is working to #ActOnClimate, defend tribes & territories, advance #EnviroJusticeNow and protect public lands, oceans & wildlife
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It was great to meet with today and discuss our shared efforts to protect Indigenous lands from oil and gas extraction.
Together, we will protect the Arctic Refuge and sacred places from corporate interests and Big Oil.
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Rooftop solar is key to reaching that 100% renewable goal.
Last year, RM helped secure $1B for rooftop solar & storage for low income households & households with people with disabilities.
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Puerto Rico can be 100% powered by clean, renewable energy.🌞
Thank you, for visiting Culebra and supporting a more resilient, more affordable future for the people of Puerto Rico.
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Incredible day on the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico seeing how this community is working towards becoming the first 100% solar-powered island in America — and making their grid more resilient against hurricanes and extreme weather in the process.
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Happy Groundhog Day! Here’s how my Republican colleagues and their #ChaosCaucus have been celebrating with their same old predictable extremism 🧵
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We're proud of the work we do to strengthen tribal sovereignty and self-governance and to honor our trust and treaty responsibilities.
And we think it's a big deal.
Also, just FYI, passed more than 100 bills into law in December alone👇
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At our 1st meeting, Republican questioned ability to pass bipartisan bills.
pointed out the many bills our Indigenous Peoples subcommittee passed last year.
He shrugged them off, equating them to "naming post offices."
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Making sure our staff & colleagues are safe isn’t a waste of time. I wish it wasn’t the case, but my amendment to prohibit guns is necessary. We have members of this committee that fetishize guns, have incited violence, & bolstered insurrectionists. Sadly, the GOP struck it down.
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For my colleagues across the aisle saying didn’t accomplish anything last Congress – here’s a little refresher (and yes, a LOT was bipartisan).
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🎉Congrats to our new Ranking Member for the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, !
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🎉Congrats to our new Ranking Member for the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs, !
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🎉Congrats to our new Ranking Member for the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries, !
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RM : "The climate crisis requires nothing short of our most committed leaders in Congress, and this group of Natural Resources Democrats is just that."
See the full roster and new Ranking Members here 👇
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At the organizing meeting, we selected committee leadership and subcommittee assignments.
Welcome to our new members and congratulations to Vice Chair , and to Subcommittee Chairs , , , , and !
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WELCOME, members for the 118th Congress!
Some are returning, some are new, all are ready to get to work with Ranking Member #ForThePeople and the #ForThePlanet.
Let's do this!
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Washingtonians don't want new oil and gas drilling off our coast.
, , and I proposed an amendment to protect coastal ecosystems, communities, and jobs. This isn't just about environmental protection – it’s about protecting our economy and way of life.
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is determined to keep moving their extreme, right-wing, anti-public lands #PollutersOverPeople agenda through the House.
stand ready to fight back for the American people and the planet.
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Ranking Member introduced an amendment to make sure National Parks, National Wildlife Refuges, National Monuments, and other prized #PublicLands were OFF-LIMITS for Big Oil's drilling.
Republicans voted it down.
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tried to stop the worst effects of this bill.
We introduced amendments to make sure ocean waters off the coasts of California, Florida, Virginia, the mid-Atlantic & other important areas were OFF-LIMITS for Big Oil's drilling.
Republicans voted them down.
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Big Oil reported record-breaking profits today.
How did respond?
By passing a massive #BigOilGiveaway to open up even more #PublicLands for drilling than they already have.
Watch stand up to this extreme #PollutersOverPeople bill here👇
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Thank you, for protecting the beloved Boundary Waters from destructive mining for the next 20 years. #SaveTheseWaters
Read Ranking Member 's full statement on this win for wilderness here: democrats-naturalresources.house.gov/media/press-re
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ON THE HOUSE FLOOR NOW: is pushing H.R. 21, a #BigOilGiveaway of our #PublicLands.
Watch Ranking Member explain why this bill is a bad deal for American consumers and #EnvironmentalJustice communities.
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The 's #BigOilGiveaway bill restricts the federal government’s best tool to lower gas prices—with no benefit other than increasing the profits of the fossil fuel industry. This is a disservice to working families who will bear the brunt of the consequences.
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Last year, made history when we passed the single biggest investment in climate action into law with the Inflation Reduction Act.
Today, Republicans want to undo this progress with a #BigOilGiveaway of more of our public lands. I’m voting NO!
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With in charge, big oil &powerful special interests will win, while Americans pay more. H.R. 21 will raise gas prices & open areas to drilling + pollution that should be off limits.
I will vote NO on their #BigOilGiveaway - for Florida, our economy + our way of life.
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HAPPENING NOW: House Republicans are showing their true priorities–bringing a bill to the floor that’s a #BigOilGiveaway and raises gas prices at the pump.
They are beholden to corporate special interests and their so-called “Strategic Production Response Act” is proof of that.
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Right now, House Republicans are trying to pass H.R. 21, a #BigOilGiveaway of 300 MILLION acres of our #PublicLands.
That’s three times the size of California.
is once again putting #PollutersOverPeople.
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📣GREAT NEWS! The Biden administration repealed the reckless Trump-era roadless rule for the Tongass National Forest, putting protections back in place for >9 million acres in Alaska.
America's forests protect biodiversity and absorb carbon, making them key to #ClimateAction.
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BREAKING: has finalized the Roadless Rule for the Tongass! This reverses the Trump Administration's decision to exclude America's largest national forest from the rule and means it's once again safe from industrial clear-cuts across over 9 million undeveloped acres.
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The stories we hear on The Road to Healing are heartbreaking. This is the first time the federal government has embarked on an effort to listen to those who live with this intergenerational trauma. I'm so proud of this work.
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👏 Another day, another win for the #EndangeredSpeciesAct! 👏
announced that not one... not two... but FIVE species on San Clemente Island off the California coast are officially recovered, including the ever-photogenic Bell's Sparrow. 🥹
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Representation matters.
And representation in leadership matters even more.
Despite Republicans’ failure to put that fact into practice, will keep lifting the voices of communities of color & Indigenous Peoples in his role as top Democrat on the Committee.
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Not a single one of the new incoming House Committee Chairs is a person of color. Republicans don’t want us to have a seat at the table, but we will continue to demand that our voices are heard.
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Happy 118th Congress, everyone!
It's a new year, but Ranking Member 's commitment to #ActOnClimate, advance #EnviroJusticeNow, stand up for tribes and territories, and protect public lands, oceans, & wildlife remains the same.
Let's do this!
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📣It's official! will be the top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee next Congress!
Read more about his legacy as chair and his official statement here👇
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🐅 GREAT NEWS! 🐅 The bipartisan Big Cat Public Safety Act is now law!
Tigers and other big cats should never be kept as pets or used for abusive photo ops at shady roadside zoos.
This law will make sure they aren’t.
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