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I am deeply disappointed that the Trump Administration has finalized a proposal that would block hundreds of thousands of hungry Americans from accessing essential food assistance. Limiting the ability of states to waive work requirements for some Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) beneficiaries will hurt families across the country. Several colleagues and I called for this Administration to block the rule when it was first proposed, and I have long opposed the imposition of undue work requirements on SNAP recipients because they ignore caregiving responsibilities.
Back at it with an outstanding episode, featuring Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici! Our U.S. Representative visited our podcast studio before our Thanksgiving Break to chat about education, debt-free secondary education, climate change, the current state of American politics, and MORE…
The Madric climate change conference, COP25, began today and will last till Dec. 13. Per the U.N. website, the conference "is designed to take the next crucial steps in the U.N. climate change process" which includes making plans for 2020 climate action plans in areas such as finance, forests and agriculture, technology, capacity building, indigenous peoples, cities, oceans, and gender.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other congressional Democrats are in Madrid for U.N. climate talks this week, lending a high-profile voice to U.S. supporters of the Paris climate agreement as the 2020 elections heat up.
Democrats said their presence would demonstrate continued commitment to tackling climate change in the U.S. government, even as President Trump pulls out of the Paris Agreement.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) declared Monday that the United States will join other nations in their fight against climate change at a United Nations-led press conference in Madrid, Spain.
"By coming here we want to say to everyone, we're still in," Pelosi said of the U.S.'s commitment to tackling global warming. "The United States is still in."
A freshman Colorado congressman, troubled by allegations of climate censorship by the Trump administration, is attempting to make it harder for political appointees to scrub scientific information from government reports.
Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) introduced legislation this month dubbed the "Stop Climate Censorship Act." If enacted, it would require political appointees at federal agencies to provide data to back up any decisions to remove climate change content from scientific studies or press releases.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will lead a delegation of congressional Democrats to the United Nations climate change conference in Madrid next week, her office announced Saturday.