Hi all –

Below is short social guidance on Senate floor speeches from Senators Schumer, Whitehouse, Schatz, Merkley on the urgent need to #ActOnClimate and to expose Senator McConnell’s attack on the Green New Deal. Please amplify using the #ActOnClimate hashtag. As always, feel free to adapt this guidance to best fit the voice and needs of your organization. Please let me know if you have any questions!

Thank you,

Marcy

Sen. Schumer

What to say:

• WATCH: @SenSchumer challenges @senatemajldr McConnell to acknowledge and act on the climate crisis. #ActOnClimate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMRk9M_bQlA&feature=youtu.be
• .@SenSchumer is right: McConnell’s attack on the #GreenNewDeal shows Republicans in Congress are out of step with the American people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMRk9M_bQlA&feature=youtu.be
• “Climate change is the number one threat to our planet… but the Republican majority spent time on legislation that would make the climate crisis even worse.” – @SenSchumer on the need to #ActOnClimate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMRk9M_bQlA&feature=youtu.be
• .@senatemajldr McConnell’s ploy to exploit the #GreenNewDeal “is what the American people hate about Congress: the pointless, partisan games.” 🔥🔥🔥 #ActOnClimate
• “This is no game. It is no joke. Climate change is deadly serious – and the time for us all to treat it that was is now… before it’s too late.” – @SenSchumer on the need to #ActOnClimate 👏👏👏 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMRk9M_bQlA&feature=youtu.be

Sen. Whitehouse

What to say:

• “It is clear that the people of America see this issue in their daily lives.” We can’t afford to wait to #ActOnClimate – thank you for speaking up, @SenWhitehouse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4zNROpV8UA&feature=youtu.be
• “If you don’t like the #GreenNewDeal, what’s your plan? Where is it?” @SenWhitehouse calls out @senatemajldr McConnell’s unwillingness to #ActOnClimate –> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4zNROpV8UA&feature=youtu.be
• @senatemajldr McConnell’s #GreenNewDeal ploy is a “pathetic statement” of where Republicans are in terms of addressing the climate crisis. Thank you, @SenWhitehouse! #ActOnClimate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4zNROpV8UA&feature=youtu.be

Sen. Schatz

What to say:

• “The planet is in an emergency situation, and instead of coming to the table with ideas to fix it, they’re running the same play they’ve always run.” – Sen. @brianschatz on Senate Republicans' refusal to #ActOnClimate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9EsbbkJpls&feature=youtu.be
• @senatemajldr McConnell’s #GreenNewDeal is a plot to “trick Americans into opposing an idea they actually like.” WATCH: Sen. @brianschatz has the receipts. #ActOnClimate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9EsbbkJpls&feature=youtu.be
• Climate change costs us billions of dollars and threatens lives and communities across the country. We can’t afford inaction. Sen @brianschatz – thank you for being willing to #ActOnClimate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9EsbbkJpls&feature=youtu.be
• Sen. @brianschatz on Republican refusal to #ActOnClimate: “they have no climate policy other than ‘make things worse.’” 👏👏👏 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9EsbbkJpls&feature=youtu.be
• From corporate polluter Pruitt to ex-coal lobbyist Wheeler, “if you wrote this into a screenplay, people would say, ‘this is a little too on the nose.’” - thank you Sen. @brianschatz for recognizing we must #StopWheeler. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9EsbbkJpls&feature=youtu.be

Sen. Merkley

What to say:

• .@SenJeffMerkley on @senatemajldr McConnell’s ploy to exploit the #GreenNewDeal: “Isn’t the task we have here in the Senate to make things work better, not worse?” 🔥🔥 #ActOnClimate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7A1U6wJoOU&feature=youtu.be

• “We see the impacts of climate chaos in every state.” – @SenJeffMerkley on the urgent need to #ActOnClimate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7A1U6wJoOU&feature=youtu.be
• When you affect the fisheries, you affect the fishermen. When you affect the forests, you affect the timber industry…” – @SenJeffMerkley on the urgent need to #ActOnClimate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7A1U6wJoOU&feature=youtu.be
• From fishermen to the farmers and ranchers of America, our communities can’t afford more inaction. @SenJeffMerkley – thank you for speaking out on the urgent need to #ActOnClimate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7A1U6wJoOU&feature=youtu.be
• “If you say there is no problem, then your head is stuck in the tar sands and you are failing your responsibilities not just as a U.S. Senator but as a human being.” – @SenJeffMerkley on the urgent need to #ActOnClimate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7A1U6wJoOU&feature=youtu.be
• WATCH: @SenJeffMerkley CALLS OUT @senatemajldr McConnell’s ploy to exploit the #GreenNewDeal and highlights the urgent need to #ActOnClimate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7A1U6wJoOU&feature=youtu.be

Marcelene Sutter

Digital Director | Climate Action Campaign

msutter@cacampaign.com | 215.806.1041