Tag: House

"Any lawmaker who doesn't want to invoke the wrath of their constituents should vote for its clean passage on the House floor."

“HR 1 restores the people’s faith that government works for the public interest, the people’s interest, not the special interest.”

"Now we need to push lawmakers extra hard to support the new legislation before the lobbyists get to them."

“In five minutes, this freshman congresswoman just laid out a whole investigative plan for three more topics into Donald Trump’s potentially criminal activities.”

The new bill, S.47, is viewed as "a massive win for the present and future of American conservation."

“I’m encouraged by the direction people are pushing our party to take on foreign policy, promoting restraint and human rights and with the sense they want Congress to play a much larger role.”

Democratic Congressmember Ilhan Omar of Minnesota questioned Abrams about his record on Wednesday during his testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

"Today, we turn the page on this committee from climate change denial to climate action."

"You should put the interests of your future generations first – not just because it is the right thing to do, but because many of us have the right to vote in just a couple of years."

"Protecting our environment, taking climate change seriously, and putting the public interest first are not optional on this Committee, and that's what Democrats are going to do every day for the next two years."