Sunrise Movement

"Negotiating down from an already insufficient plan to cater to a climate-denying party fueled by profit and hate—that is how Democrats lose."

"I believe that if there's an honest assessment of the environmental racism behind this project's approval then it will never be permitted," said one leading local activist. "We must stop Formosa Plastics."

"If Democrats learned anything from the past ten years, it has to be that negotiating against ourselves doesn't work," said one climate justice advocate.

The youth-led climate campaign called the former Ohio state senator a "champion for people everywhere on a myriad of issues impacting our communities." 

"Biden's infrastructure package is already a compromise. It can't be watered down further, especially to cater to a party that is fueled by the profits and donations of fossil fuel executives."

"We're living in constant crisis: hurricanes, superstorms, jobs that break our bodies and could be taken away at any minute. This is an emergency, but it isn't an accident."

"Millions of people are out of work, and the unemployment rate is rising. The real risk isn't doing too much—it's doing too little."

"We can do it with all lifesaving pharmaceuticals," tweeted one group.

"If we're going to beat the climate clock and stop polluting toxic fumes into our neighborhoods, we must swiftly transform every aspect of our current transportation system to reach zero emissions."

The bill aims to ensure "an intersectional response" to the climate crisis, coronavirus pandemic, economic inequity, and racial injustice "that is proportionate to the scope of the problems we face."