senator sarbanes and congressman sarbanes, congressman brown and all this delegation. a first rate delegation. and so i want to thank them for being here today. and thank him for all the help in getting the members of the house and getting the legislation passed. it's a big deal. it's going to make a big difference. the reason i started calling this build back better is we're the only country in the world -- we underestimate ourselves. down on ourselves the last ten years or so. the only country in the world as a matter of history that every crisis we faced, we've come out better on the other side. not only beat it, not a joke. think about it. we've come out better than we were before we went into the crisis and the economic and political, as well as health crisis we found with covid, i was determined when we got elected, build it back better than it was because the world is changing so rapidly. so rapidly, man. we've got to keep up. we're in competition to determine whether or not we can still remain the most powerful economic force in the world. today i'm here to tal

sarbanes is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you very much, madame chair. the fossil fuel executives appearing before us today climb that their companies support reaching the goals of the paris agreement, a water shed international environmental treaty as we know, but the committee looked into the lobbying closures filed by your company, and found that your rhetoric of support for the parish agreement doesn't match reality when it comes to your lobbying. we know what it looks like when your industry really cares about federal initiatives and your companies want to see it succeed, so let me start with you: your company claims the paris agreement is among your highest priorities. the first sentence says chevron supports the paris agreement end quote. i notice that you also touted chevron's support for the paris agreement in the written testimony to this committee. since the start of negotiations on the paris agreement in 2015, chevron has reported 986 total instances of federal lobbying. mr. worth, do you know how many times chevron reported lobbying on the p

congressman sarbanes, congressman brown. you have a first rate delegation. i want to thank him for being here today and thank him for all the help in getting the members of the house and getting the legislation passed. it's a big deal. it's going to make a big difference. the reason i started calling this build back better is we are the only country in the world -- we underestimated ourselves, we are down on ourselves the last ten years or so. we are the only country in the world as a matter of history that every crisis we have faced we have come out better on the other side. we not only beat it -- not a joke. think about it. we have come out better than we were before we went into the crisis. and the economic and political as well as health crisis we found with covid, i was determined when we got elected. we have got to build it back better than it was, because the world is changing so rapidly. so rapidly, man. we've got keep up. we are in competition to determine whether or not we can still remain the most powerful economic force in the worlds. today i am

sarbanes is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chair. the fossil fuel executives appearing before us today claim their companies support reaching the goals of the paris agreement, a watershed international environmental treaty, as we know. but the committee looked into the lobbying disclosures filed by your companies and found your rhetoric of support for the paris agreement doesn't match reality when it comes to your lobbying. we know what it looks like when your industry really cares about a federal initiative and your companies want to see it succeed. so let me start with you, mr. wirth. your company claims that the paris agreement is among your highest priorities. the first sentence of chevron's climate policy page says, quote, chevron supports the paris agreement, end quote. i notice that you also touted chevron's support for the paris agreement in your written testimony to this committee. since the start of negotiations on the paris agreement in 2015, chevron has reported 986 total instances of federal lobbying. mr. wirth, do you k

for senator sarbanes when senator sarbanes was the chair of the banking committee. worked in the house for representative sarbanes. was chief counsel to senator warner. and then came to my office and was my chief of staff. his name is jon davidson. he worked for the people of colorado and for the country for about ten years in that role. when he was appointed to that, or when he came over as my chief of staff, it was very shocking to me that he was willing to do it because he had a good job. he was doing really well for senator warner, but it gave him the chance to run a senate office, and he did an extraordinary job not just because of his understanding of policy and his understanding of politics. a lot of people have that around this place. but also his understanding of human nature and his belief that in all of us, even those of us that are senators, there can be a gem of goodness in us to be found and to be brought along and to be grown. that was true not just for me, but for the entire staff. he was an incredible mentor to probably hundreds of people that worke