03/28/2023
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"I do want to understand whether there's anything for the legislative branch to do, other than stay out of the way."
"I don't know what that--what is that?"
"If you destroy coastal ecosystems, then what you end up having to do, as a city or a town, is essentially levy taxes to reconstitute those services that the ecosystem provides."
"It just simply makes sense to build more resilient coastal infrastructure."