Barack Obama actually said...

"It is a big problem, not a worse problem."

"The impacts of climate change... pose significant challenges for communities not prepared to adapt to these extreme conditions."

"I had been elected as the senator of Illinois, and Illinois is the most demographically representative state in the country."

"Today, Federal agencies are announcing new actions to help build the capacity of state, local, tribal, territorial, private sector, and nonprofit stakeholders to recover from future disasters."