Pelosi on addressing climate through reconciliation package: 'This is our moment'
By Caroline Vakil - 10/14/21 03:36 PM EDT
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that now is the “moment” to address climate as Democrats seek to pass provisions to address the matter through a massive reconciliation package.
“This is our moment. We cannot — we don't have any more time to wait,” Pelosi said at a news conference in San Francisco regarding the urgency on lawmakers to pass legislation aimed at addressing the environment and climate.
Pelosi said it was necessary the measure be passed ahead of the United Nations climate summit, which starts at the end of October. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) has indicated that both the bipartisan infrastructure bill and larger reconciliation package should be passed and ready for President Biden’s signature by the end of October.
“Now it is a level of urgency that is an imperative that we get this job done in preparation for COP26, which is right around the corner, and to do so that helps us honor our responsibilities but also share with other countries — developing countries — technology, resources that they need to meet their responsibilities for the children,” Pelosi said.
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), who attended the event in San Francisco, echoed that sentiment and said, “Climate cannot be on the chopping block in this or any budget.”
“We cannot afford to leave these problems to be dealt with another day,” he said.
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