The Brian Lehrer Show

New Jersey Congressman Frank Pallone made news on the show this week when he said he refused to stop taking donations from the fossil fuels industry even though he now chairs the energy committee.

Varshini Prakash, co-founder of the Sunrise Movement, a grassroots movement that is demanding immediate action from the United States Congress to address the climate change crisis, discusses her group's opposition to fossil fuel financing and the effort to create a Green New Deal. 

@BrianLehrer why not create a congressional rule that elected officials cannot vote on any issues affecting those who have contributed to their campaigns or to their party? File it under conflicts of interests.

@BrianLehrer A moral stance is great, but we can't *expect* a congressperson to decline energy-industry $ if her opponents take it.