Harley Rouda: “We should all be angry that those who are willing to pay the ultimate price for our country have to worry about exposure…”

What we need to understand here today and what we explored in my hearings via our subcommittee is that it's actually the opposite. Inaction on climate change is more costly than if we took action.

We find that these costs to American businesses greatly outweigh the cost of making a clean-energy transition.

If we don't get this right, businesses across the United States... will be making business decisions that could be wrong because the data is wrong.

Earlier this year, we learned the damage that could be done to our communities by just a one percent under count.