What we are hearing is an egregious example of shortcuts and skirting responsibilities with Foxconn.
It is tough to see all that advancement and then kind of have to see a couple of steps backward that is happening upstre...
If you know that global climate change is going to lead to more torrential rainstorms and flooding, as you are describin...
there is a process that should have been followed.
The metaphor I was going to use is instead of ready, aim, fire, it seems like we did ready, fire, aim.
These were decisions, shortcuts that were made, like the county decision to study assessing the likely consequences that...
So saying that the 500-year flood is now at the level of the 100-year flood, it means that a flood that had a .2 percent...
So that is, I think, the emphasis, that we are seeing increased frequency and intensity in our storms.
Thank you for explaining the threat of flooding in our district and how Foxconn development is poised to make the situat...
It seems that it is going to be increasingly important because businesses are facing a greater probability, an increasin...
I appreciate that.
When corners are cut on environmental reviews, our local communities pay the price.
I will say as far as logistics, yesterday O'Hare was kind of socked in because of the rains.
I want to thank the House Small Business Committee and Chairwoman Nydia Velazquez for allowing us to host today's field ...
I couldn't agree more with all that you said, but in particular with the need to address this issue and not just the iss...
The prior assumptions of what is an area with a 100-year flood possibility, a 100-year floodplain, is sort of antiquated...
Let me pause you for a second just to make sure, this is for me as much as for everyone else here.
If I can summarize, I am thinking of my background in business. It is assessment, it is analysis, and then it is decisio...
