Joseph Biden actually said...

"John Kerry, certainly not a new name, an old name, but he is going to be the climate czar, the Presidential Envoy for Climate Change."

"a needed step to begin tackling the challenges facing our nation."

"It matters, what can be done in terms of a transition that allows Joe Biden to coordinate and his team to coordinate with people across the Federal government, and that's the step that was crossed tod..."

"The reason in part, quote, 'Today's decision is a needed step to begin tackling the challenges facing our nation, including getting the pandemic under control, and our economy back on track.'"