02/08/2021
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Blumenauer, along with Sen. Sanders introduced a bill that would direct President Biden to declare a national emergency giving him presidential powers to migate climate change. “We are out of time and excuses,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a statement.
Three progressive lawmakers introduced legislation Thursday that would require President Joe Biden to declare a national climate emergency, arguing that the US is "out of time and excuses" to deal with the climate crisis.