Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I thank Senator Whitehouse for his unwavering commitment to elevating the urgent need for all of us to take action on climate change. Since 2012, Senator Whitehouse has given over 200 speeches on climate change--faithfully, passionately, intellectually--and has warned us of what is to come if we don't get our act together. So I thank Senator Whitehouse. I am proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with him in the fight to save this Earth. This is on all of us. The facts are in. The science is irrefutable. Climate change is real. It is real, and it is happening every single day all around us. It is not made up. It is not a Chinese hoax. It is the most existential threat our world has ever known, and we are not doing enough to stop it. That is why I wanted to be here tonight to stand with my friend and my colleague Senator Whitehouse to ring the alarm. It is time for us to wake up. As I think about the consequences of inaction, I can't help but reflect on the financial crisis that nearly destroyed our global economy 10 years ago. Millions of hard-working people lost their jobs, millions lost their homes, and millions lost their savings. The financial crisis nearly tore apart the global economy for a whole variety of reasons, but the failure to act on credible, verifiable data is what nearly destroyed our economy. It didn't have to happen. We could have prevented it.…”