"According to the 2018 National Climate Assessment, there are 49.4 million housing units along the coastal shoreline."
"We have earmarked $48 million for that. We have purchased land for $12 million out of that 48 million."
"There is not going to be enough money to do this for everyone at these rates."
"It is estimated that it will be 2023 before enough homes are built for everyone."
"I want to--I keep hearing about the Green New Deal. It is a straw man. Fewer than half the Democrats have sponsored it."
"The Rural Green Partnership is a framework of principles and policies to both combat climate change and spur economic growth."
"For decades, Congress has routinely acted on a bipartisan basis to extend a number of expired or expiring green energy tax provisions."
"These coastal communities are literally and figuratively under water. So this will help these well-known, unmet, imminent needs."
"It is really fascinating, how much is already happening."
"Tackling the climate crisis is both a moral and economic imperative."
"We all know that climate change will have devastating effects on economic inputs, from agriculture to healthcare to infrastructure."