Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal Pramila JayapalHillicon Valley: Subpoenas for Facebook, Google and Twitter on the cards | Wray rebuffs mail-in voting conspiracies | Reps. raise mass surveillance concerns Bipartisan representatives demand answers on expired surveillance programs DHS opens probe into allegations at Georgia ICE facility MORE (Wash.) said Thursday that President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE should be able to understand climate change, after he tweeted that the U.S. could use some global warming ahead of a record-setting bout of cold weather.

"In 2017, there were about three record high temperatures in the U.S. for every record low temperature. Weather is not the same as climate. The president should be able to understand that. It isn't hard," Jayapal tweeted in response to the president.

In 2017, there were about three record high temperatures in the U.S. for every record low temperature. Weather is not the same as climate. The president should be able to understand that. It isn't hard. https://t.co/piwHcvZWbH https://t.co/7EFkR5SmUN — Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) December 29, 2017

Trump said Thursday evening that "we could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming" ahead of record-breaking low temperatures expected to fall on New Year's weekend.

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A cold front moving in from Canada is expected to bring frigid temperatures with wind chills down to 20 or 40 degrees below zero in New England and parts of the Northeast.

The president's tweet came on the coldest day of the year so far in Washington, D.C., where Thursday night temperatures could break the area's all-time low of 7 degrees.

Jayapal, who is co-chairwoman of the United for Climate and Environmental Justice Task Force, authored a series of "Environmental Justice" bills over the summer aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change thought to disproportionately affect disadvantaged communities.