"Continued servicing of these jets could make the United States complicit in these likely war crimes," tweeted Rep. Tom Malinowski.

"What the Americans do or don't do on climate will impact the world and it's incredible that this one coal lobbyist is holding things up."

"We cannot afford to waste another moment and risk the emergence of yet another, even more dangerous variant," Democratic lawmakers write in a new letter.

Oil and gas corporations say that curbing extraction will hurt employment, but new research shows they have increased production and fired workers at the same time.

"Perhaps this means some of our colleagues will miss out on lucrative investment opportunities," said House members in a bipartisan letter. "We don't care."

"This will truly save lives," said gun control advocates Moms Demand Action.