"The White House and Congress are fueling this war with a steady stream of weapons instead of pushing for talks to end the conflict," said Medea Benjamin of CodePink.

Calling the proposal "a wholesale giveaway to the fossil fuel industry to the detriment of frontline communities, tribal nations, and Mother Earth," one campaigner said that "the world is on fire and negotiating the amount of fuel for those flames is not acceptable."

On average, Americans are expected to live nearly three fewer years than they were in 2019.

"Republicans and their corporate interest backers have imposed state laws with only one goal: destroy unions and discourage workers from organizing," said the Massachusetts Democrat.

"We cannot accept violence as our new norm," said the congresswoman. "We also cannot accept the racism and sexism that underlies and propels so much of this violence."

"There is no more private space than the home. Yet with this acquisition, Amazon stands to gain access to extremely intimate acts in our most private spaces that are not available through other means, or to other competitors."