Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was the only lawmaker to address a student-led climate "strike" in Washington, D.C., on Friday, outlining a bill she will soon introduce to end corporate "welfare" for the fossil fuel industry.

The climate strike took place at various cities around the globe by teens and preteens who took off from school on Friday to march through the streets for the climate change cause.

Omar is a supporter of the Green New Deal introduced by fellow freshman lawmaker Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who left Washington to join climate strikers in New York.

Other lawmakers were out of town after the House and Senate recessed Thursday but Omar showed up to add some detail to a plan she will soon introduce to eliminate the fossil fuel industry's federal subsidies and favorable tax treatments.

Omar told the climate strikers that her forthcoming bill will free up $20 billion in revenues to stop homelessness in the United States.

"That is one welfare program that I am excited to end," she said. "And seriously, $20 billion is exactly the amount that it will take to eradicate homelessness in this country, but we are using it to fund the fossil fuel industry."

The Green New Deal outlines establishing programs that would guarantee employment and other services for low-income urban and rural residents.

"It is our responsibility to invest directly in areas that have been harmed by environmental racism," Omar said, pointing out that the Green New Deal will include employment programs for the poor and indigent.

Her remark about racism reflects social justice arguments that the poor and minorities are often forced to reside in less-hospitable, industrial areas in which they are exposed to environmental hazards.

Omar also mentioned the Green New Deal's immigration component.

"The United States should be offering protections and support for refugees who are impacted by climate change," she said, greeted by cheers. "Instead, we are capping the number of refugees that we are settling in this country to only 30,000 people and admitting fewer and fewer by the day." There were audible boos coming from the crowd in response to the Trump policy she was referring to.

Students began assembling on the National Mall at noon on Friday, following most of the bigger and more publicized strikes being held outside of the United States.

One 14-year-old protester told the Guardian newspaper that her teachers urged her not to attend the strike and journey from the Maryland suburbs to the National Mall, where the strike took place.

Stumbled into a group of friends singing happy birthday to Lili Moresi of Maryland, who turns 14 today and wanted to spend it protesting #YouthCimateStrike pic.twitter.com/POSZSceGg9 — Emily Holden (@emilyhholden) March 15, 2019

Ocasio-Cortez told students who visited her office on Thursday she would be joining the strikers in her home district.