Alan Lowenthal: “Today, Americans who live along our shores understand their critical importance and want the government to protect these…”

Well, that's a really complete answer.

The climate crisis is here, and it poses an existential threat to American life as we know it now.

I, too, wish to send my condolences to the families of those that died in the tragic accident in Santa Barbara.

As such, building even one new oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico will deepen the climate crisis, disproportionately imperiling low-income communities and communities of color in the process.