Thank you to Tim Kaine and all the other Senators for doing this. Now, we need to get the other 75 to join in as well. It's only the most important, urgent issue facing humanity…
ADVISORY: KAINE TO JOIN SENATORS SPEAKING ALL NIGHT TO URGE ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tonight, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine will join more than 25 members of the Senate Climate Action Task Force for an all-night series of speeches on the Senate floor to urge action on climate change. The #Up4Climate all-nighter will start immediately after votes this evening (approximately 6:00 PM ET) and continue through approximately 9:00 AM ET tomorrow.
Senator Kaine is expected to speak at approximately 9:30 PM ET.
Senators expected to participate include:
Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.
Senator Dick Durbin, D-Ill.
Senator Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.
Senator Patty Murray, D-Wash.
Senator Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.
Senator Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.
Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.
Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore.
Senator Bill Nelson, D-Fla.
Senator Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.
Senator Benjamin L. Cardin, D-Md.
Senator Bernard Sanders, I-Vt.
Senator Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.
Senator Mark Udall, D-Colo.
Senator Tom Udall, D-N.M.
Senator Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H.
Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.
Senator Al Franken, D-Minn.
Senator Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.
Senator Chris Murphy, D-Conn.
Senator Martin Heinrich, D-N.M.
Senator Angus King, I-Maine
Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.
Senator Edward J. Markey, D-Mass.
Senator Cory Booker, D-N.J.