consideration and decision that procedure s. res. 259. >> the clerk report. >> senate resolution 259 recognizing june 2, 2025, at the 39th anniversary 25, at the 39th anniversary of c-span's chronicling democracy in the senate. >> by a unanimous vote the united states senate passed a resolution honoring c-span's four decades covering the senate. the resolution thanks cable and satellite operators for providing c-span as a public service to the country. >> c-span does not receive one penny of taxpayer dollars. it's funded primarily from satellite and cable providers. >> and called on all television provider including streaming services to deliver c-span as well. >> were at a different stage in history at a lot of people are seeing the news this way so we need to expand it and make sure we're on all of those platforms as well as a one we already are

all on. so thank you again to senator grassley for working with me to highlight c-span's critical role and thanks to everyone who has had a hand in c-span's success. >> the u.s. conference of mayors meeting in tampa isn't a break or we will return live to the conference at 10:30 a.m. eastern for discussion on cybersecurity. until then conversation on how mayors and local leaders can manage the challenges of climate issues in their communities. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> thank you, mayor ginther. it's really exciting to be here, our first panelist is a nationally recognized climate leader and advocate for equity, open space and housing. she is known for her bold

committee focus leadership including efforts to achieve 100% clean energy and build long-term environmental resilience. she was also the first woman elected mayor of our city repletion and welcoming boise mayor lauren mclain. [applause] also joining this conversation is one of the nation's most respected environmental leaders, a former epa administrator and first white house national climate advisor who i know has a fan base already. there they are. she helped shape the biden administration's climate agenda and led historic investments in clean energy and resilience, a lifelong public servant and advocate. she continues to champion bold climate action across all levels of government. please join me in welcoming managing culture of america is all income gina mccarthy.

[applause] so this really a critical conversation that mayors need to lead, and i served on a panel on climate resiliency in new york that was put on by cornell a couple of months ago along with some of my fellow mayors. we were looking at a room full of people who were working on resilience and climate issues common to fill had the programs completely defunded if not cut back significantly. there were looking to the mayors and asking us what can you do at the local level to keep this important work moving forward? we are going to explore in this panel how local leaders are stepping up and what more they can do to create stronger more resilient communities. mayor mclean, can you share how boys is local initiatives are driving potential progress and you can be? >> habitable for such a thank you for having me today. it's an honor to be here like by

both of you to talk about what we're doing in boise but really to have a conversation about what's happening around the country. and to be next year who help make us doesn't help us make progress potential progress last couple of years at the city of boise. we set a climate action goal and create a roadmap and those goals have two different layers. first we have municipal government calls because we wanted to figure out or cisco lead by example as to take those learnings and that experience and then be able to do this work communitywide. the goals of 100% clean electricity at this city level in 2030, 2035 for the community, carbon neutrality city level 2035, 2050 for the community. but within that we have a whole bunch of layers of actions that were developed side-by-side with residents and some of those that we make progress toward, we are 97% of our residents are using

the new composting program we have. that's a big deal. we have 82% of our residents that voted just for clean water and climate action bond thus making it possible for us to pilot side-by-side with micron technology as it built a chip physically water renewal technology at the brink that the skill preheating clean water into the future for industrial use in our city. we have goals to double desperate about the most recent panel and were on track to do that and have already met our goal that was two by 2030 of planting a ceiling and the national forest of boise for every resident in boise. all of these steps are made possible with residents who help us create the plan engaging side-by-side with us to help us meet the goal. one more thing of water to add is we started, developed the first ever power purchase agreement in idaho which many people could do but nobody in the state had ever done this.

now our airports and our water renewal facilities are powered by 100% clean electricity, moving us along in meeting those goals we have by 2030. >> that's great. gina, given that the current federal pullback on climate action, in an ideal world how should national policies and partnerships v-shaped to better support and amplified what we're trying to do on the local level? >> first of all, you're absolutely right. we don't live in an ideal world. wished i did but i don't. and you're right that it's very challenging now at the federal level. the important thing to remember and the reason why i think we are all sitting here is that we do not necessarily have trent lott on the federal government to get work done in the united states of america. period. [applause] we've had many times when the federal government decided they

didn't want to play. so what we really need to do is to continue the work at how we work together, how we form partnerships. i mean that i'm enormously impressed by the group that we just spoke with. what is happening at the local level, how your finding the ability to support those efforts it a strategic way. and and i think that's the ke. people need to understand that work can still go on in local communities. we can find a path forward. we are also seeing at the federal level that despite efforts to say that we're not going to find a lot of things, little funding is leaking out because it matters. it's about people. it's about their health, their well-being. it is not necessarily about greenhouse gas action, right? all that has to be about who are we supporting, what are we

amplifying? what does that mean for human beings that are really struggling? and how do we use that opportunity to advance efforts, regardless of what the federal government is interested in funding. that's the key anything about it is the business community. the business community has to participate, has to be part of the process. anything we are seeing that beginning to happen more and more pics i'm pretty excited actually. >> building on that, we've seen a climate conditions and political landscapes can shift rapidly, including periods when federal priorities don't necessarily fully align with the urgent climate action that we are seeking to undertake in our communities. what strategies have you found that in most effective in gaming, or at least keeping that momentum at the local level and that sense of urgency that we

feel at the local level and want to end back at the national level, especially when we are navigating sort of these competing priorities? what are some things working in boise? >> that's a a great question. i wanted pickup up on a couple things gina said. this work is about dollars and cents for our residents. economic opportunity and success in the long run and, of course, protecting our health and well-being. but were successful in this work because residents have been part of it from the beginning. they wanted us to leave. they understand the steps of setting us up for long-term success. we want to be a climate where, our region and city what i'm stabile winter. we are also will partner to get us there. so couple things because i think are really important to point out. as we are going through the administrative transition, i had a lot of folks in what now?

what now course we've made so much progress. i had media asking local media, residentially concerned that we would lose momentum and boos progress. i would point it at a a want e really clear, we set his goals as a community in the first trump administration and we were working and committed to meeting these goals without federal partnership. and yes, four use of the by administration were wonderful. help us advance thinks more quickly if we mirrored part of our plan to the priorities the administration had and we're doing that again. so big part of the plant is about 15% of the work that we will do -- claim -- to mitigate carbon is clean heat from geothermal. we have a natural geothermal resource. i try to talk about as many times as possible because you want to grow the program, we need to modernize it. but as we look at how we expand the company at 90 buildings downtown that are heated with the geothermal heat. we have 17 buildings, our city going rapidly, that on the wait

list. many others that are interested in working on innovating the use of geothermal in the long run for school builds a provider to affordable housing. but by a donation that we just received from the holder of water rights we received a geothermal donation that gives us potentially four times did not of geothermal that we had once we walk through and work through the legal issues around the water rights. that will allow us to provide the 17 billion things and more in the long were many articles that we know this is a priority and enter into trump administration so we will be working with department of energy urging tim to partner and work alongside is to advance the technology around a resource at the same temperature with our residents to meet those goals. >> what are you saying in the space as were trying to navigate the changing and shifting priorities? >> what i'm trying to see is, is

how do we actually talk a lot more about policies and a lot less about politics? i'm done with discussion about whether or not climate change is real, whether there are opportunities out there. what we see now with mayors like you is that they are doing things. change is happening. now, we don't need to raise a big flag and wave it around as if it's something unique or damaging about how you look at it. we just have to really work together. one of the things i've always tried to do is to recognize that, you know, greenhouse gas emissions are irrelevant to most people, right? you can't see them come you can't taste them. you can feel the. you can see the damage that results from it but the way in which you can actually continue to motivate is more to talk about what does this do for the

health of your family? what does it do for their safety and security? what does it do for the economic opportunities that people need to see? what does it do to grow more jobs? those are real, tangible benefits. that's why we have to talk about those well before we start talking about climate. because it just doesn't bode well to spend her time trying to get people to understand concepts they may not be ready to deal with. and i don't, i'm not going to fight about this administration of whether they think climate change is real. but i will fight for the health and safety and security of our communities. that's what mayors do. that's what i want to do, too. [applause] >> you touch on this a little bit but climate challenges are

growing more complex. >> they are. >> when you focus on what those challenges are, it really helps us to get to talk about developing a capital strategies that will ensure that our cities and the broader climate movement is prepared for environmental future. mayer, how is boise delimiting these adaptive changes? maybe you could use specific stories about how you within connecting that to the environmental risk and uncertainties in a tangible way within your community? sort of detached from this broader discussion about global climate change and whether it's real or not. >> sure. i say we have always worked on this. i have always worked on this issue with the belief this is about people and the place that we love. so putting in that context of taking care of the health of our communities can't taking care of the place we love, we are advancing climate work at the same thing. i'll share a couple examples.

i have the goal of making sure every kid in a city can walk safely to a park within ten minutes. we have maps for parts just like for trees and we know what we need to acquire property so kids in those areas they can't right now walk safely to park within ten minutes. when that happens we set aside morland that allows for green spaces, allows for natural plants and allows for play and committee developer. we are advancing climate goals but also creating and enhancing community connectivity and connection between people at a time that is so important. we have a community that continues to stand up for open space and clean preservation,, clean water action. so over the years we set aside thousands of acres in the foothills above the city. it's a nature-based solution open space it's good for the air. provides fire mitigation and an era of increased risk of wildfire. it creates places for people to

play and rest and relax. and poorly it's to connect and did you realize how all of that ties to a long-term climate goals. finally i want to say we need people to help us do this work to protect people and protect the place we love. so we started we had the climate action roadmap that we started a climate action committee. i thought at the beginning we would have maybe ten ten or2 people. we had over 200 folks put in like a serious application for this committee so we expanded it to 20 20 people and they been tasked this calendar year going out to be committed to holding listening sessions proposing ideas and getting feedback. they are provided to me a toolkit that you're creating for residents of boise to be able to work side-by-side with the city to meet our climate goals. really a database of what residents are seeing in plotting out and thinking we need. then we will leave that into the work this into so they can help us help each and every one of us

ensure that our city thrives in the long run. >> that's great. we did hear about some specific strategy. gina, maybe you talk about what are you seeing as the effective strategies that are proving most popular, most effective in fostering adaptability across the space? >> yeah. i think one of the biggest challenges is to deal with communities have been left behind, and there are many. we talked about this a little bit. mayor, you and others have great strategies to try to engage communities more effectively. and treat people with both a sensitivity and encouragement that they need to understand that there are opportunities for them. you talk about it speedy more live coverage of the u.s. conference of mayors in tampa now with the conversation on federal