Schumer sets course for climate legislation

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is speaking the same language as the Biden administration.

In a floor speech this morning marking an agreement on an organizing resolution that will allow Democrats to take control of committees, Schumer said that he is instructing all “relevant” panels to start holding hearings on climate change in preparation for enacting President Biden’s climate legislation.

By compelling not just the energy and environment committees to look for ways to address climate change, Schumer is adopting the Biden administration’s “whole of government” approach to the problem.