Political Quotes

“just more than a year ago, Los Angeles County faced one of the most destructive disasters in the Nation's history. Entire neighborhoods torched and torn apart by wildfires, the magnitude of which we haven't seen on suburban streets of the Southland. The loss of loved ones, of homes, of businesses, the precious memories--all gone in mere moments--still weigh heavy upon us. Since then, I have talked to survivors of those fires who have gone on to rebuild, or tried to, only to see their insurance coverage dropped. With worsening drought and prolonged dry seasons, insurance companies are refusing to cover the same homes and businesses they covered just a few years ago. They are seeing what we are seeing; that this may not be the last of these tragedies in our hills in our lifetimes. This is the climate crisis in human terms, and this administration's response has been to make it catastrophically worse. President Trump has rolled back fuel efficiency standards, withdrawn from international climate agreements, opened pristine Federal lands to more drilling, and--as we saw last week's repeal of what is known as the endangerment finding--gutted the EPA's authority to regulate carbon emissions. A New York Times headline last month actually read ``E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution.'' It sounds like parody but, sadly, these destructive efforts are real.”