Mazie Hirono: “They demand that the adults in the Senate to do something about it and address climate change in an appropriate way.…”

“They demand that the adults in the Senate to do something about it and address climate change in an appropriate way. Thank you. On Sunday, I received a letter from Mesina--an 11-year-old girl--who spoke at a March 15th climate action protest in Hawaii, and she wrote: ``I hope that all of our eyes are open now. Floods are demolishing people's homes, forest fires are killing people and singeing acres of land. Sea creatures are dying. Oceans are rising. How can we deny climate change and the science that supports its human cause?'' ``We are experiencing World War III, except in this war, we are all on the same side. We can all agree on clean air, clean water, and a clean earth. As a child that is going to inherit our Earth, I beg you please do everything in your power to protect my generation's future and the generations to follow.'' Mesina is asking us to step up. It's past time to take urgent action to combat climate change. ____________________”