Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Schren. Mr. Cartwright, thank you for the question. Climate change is an existential issue. It's a threat. Scientists know it. The great majority of thinking people understand that this is true. And in fact, when I first got to the Congress, it was anathema. It was forbidden for Republican members of the House to utter that phrase climate change or global warming or anything like that. (34:39–34:45)
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