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handle is hein.presidentsimp/atuscp0008 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -SENATE January 25, 2021 As we go forward in this new Con- gress, I very much hope that my friend Senator SULLIVAN and I will be able to work together to address that exact problem to make sure that not only is our energy mix strong for our economy but to make absolutely sure that we are not sacrificing the safety of our planet, the economic security of our fu- ture generations, and the health of peo- ple all around the planet who have, really, no choice but to live close to the land and feel the pounding of cli- mate change in their immediate lives every day. We have to address those things, and I hope we will. So, in having heard his side of the ar- gument, I just wanted to come back to the floor and offer the other side. Somewhere between us there is a reso- lution because I know perfectly well that the State of Alaska is getting hit by the acidification and warming side and by the sea level rise and storm surge side of this problem, just as much as Rhode Island is. Perhaps, be- cause, as my friend constantly reminds me, Alaska has a huge advantage of size over Rhode Island, one could even imagine that it is having more of an ef- fect than Rhode Island. So with those comments and with af- fection and regard for my colleague from Alaska, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ator from Alaska. Mr. SULLIVAN. Madam President, as a lot of our colleagues here know, Sen- ator WHITEHOUSE is not just a distin- guished Senator but one of my very good friends here in the U.S. Senate. So I always respect what he has to say, and I appreciate his words. He and I have done a lot of work some key work, particularly on issues of the en- vironment and cleaning up our oceans ocean acidification and I look forward to continuing to work with him. Climate change is also, certainly, happening in my State. We are seeing it. No doubt about it. My point is we have an economy that is in recession, and you have tens of thousands literally, hundreds of thou- sands-of people out of work, and you have a sector that is important crit- ical, actually the energy sector. There is no doubt about it. I know we can use words like spewing and polluters, but the energy sector has been one of the things that has made this country so strong, with great jobs middle-class jobs and people can't deny that. All I am asking for is for the new Secretary of the Treasury to look at that. We are looking at the whole U.S. economy and the strength of our recov- ery and good-paying jobs. That has to be taken into account. What I worry about is that it is not. We need a de- bate, and I would welcome it with my good friend on: What is the strategy? The strategy out of the box can't be that we are going to go after these oil and gas jobs and put people out of work. And replace it with what? We had a hearing in the Commerce Committee with the new, incoming Transportation Secretary. A lot of peo- ple asked: Well, what are you going to replace it with? What are you telling the 10,000 guys who just lost their jobs on the Keystone Pipeline their new jobs are going to be? They have mort- gages and tuitions to pay. They are out of work right now. So we need a strat- egy. Look, I look forward to working on all of these issues with my good friend from Rhode Island, but it is, I think, a first. If you look back at the great his- tory of this Nation, if you don't have a U.S. Treasury Secretary or other mem- bers of the Cabinet who are for a ro- bust, strong energy sector which, of course, would include renewables that is new, that is different, and, I think, it is very troubling, particularly as it re- lates to the jobs that, I think, are going to be sacrificed on a policy and a strategy that I have not seen the meat and bones of yet. I am just seeing the damage, and a lot of the damage is starting to happen to the people I care about, particularly in my State, who work in these sectors and who are great Americans who have helped build this country and build my State. We can't just disregard them and say: Don't worry; you are going to get a green job later. It is tough to tell people that. It is tough to tell people that when they have mortgages and tuitions, and we are relying on them. So I commit to continuing to work on these issues and others with my friend from Rhode Island. I appreciate his coming down here, but I wanted to explain my vote on an issue that I think we need to debate here in the Senate that is important for our Na- tion. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ator from Rhode Island. Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Madam Presi- dent, I would just close by suggesting that perhaps my friend, the Senator from Alaska, can sympathize, since he fears that the interests that he came to the floor here to defend will not be lis- tened to. Perhaps he can sympathize with the fact that, for 4 years, an en- tire administration wouldn't give the time of day to the sea level rise con- cerns that are threatening my State. We are talking about Freddie Mac. We are talking about a property value crash across all of our coasts that is going to cause enormous harm to Rhode Island, and we just left an ad- ministration that wouldn't pay one iota of attention to that. It had fossil fuel industry climate deniers, and there is such a thing. Not everybody in the fossil fuel industry is that way, but they picked the bottom feeders to bring into government. I share the Senator's frustration, but let me say I have got it about 10,000 times over after having lived with the Trump administration for the past 4 years and gotten nothing and after having tried to bring serious climate debate to the floor, knowing that the Republican leader was going to block it. So, yes, I sympathize with his dis- tress, and I hope he sympathizes with my, rather, greater, cumulative dis- tress from the last 4 years. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. With- out objection, it is so ordered. The hour of 7 p.m. having arrived, the Acting Sergeant at Arms will present the managers on the part of the House of Representatives. EXHIBITION OF ARTICLE OF IM- PEACHMENT AGAINST DONALD JOHN TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES At 7:03 p.m., the managers on the part of the House of Representatives of the impeachment of Donald John Trump appeared below the bar of the Senate, and the Acting Sergeant at Arms, Jennifer Hemingway, announced their presence, as follows: Mr. President and Members of the Senate, I announce the presence of the managers on the part of the House of Representatives to conduct the pro- ceedings on behalf of the House con- cerning the impeachment of Donald John Trump, former President of the United States. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The managers on the part of the House will be received and escorted to the well of the Senate. The managers were thereupon es- corted by the Acting Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, Jennifer Hemingway, to the well of the Senate. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Acting Sergeant at Arms will make the proclamation. The Acting Sergeant at Arms, Jen- nifer Hemingway, made the proclama- tion as follows: Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye! All per- sons are commanded to keep silent, on pain of imprisonment, while the House of Representatives is exhibiting to the Senate of the United States an Article of Impeachment against Donald John Trump, former President of the United States. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The managers on the part of the House will proceed. Mr. Manager RASKIN. Mr. President, the managers on the part of the House of Representatives are here and present and ready to present the Article of Im- peachment which has been preferred by the House of Representatives against Donald John Trump, former President of the United States. The House adopted the following res- olution, which, with the permission of the Senate, I will read. HOUSE RESOLUTION 40 In the House of Representatives, U.S., January 13, 2021. S124

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