Cory Booker: “Again, the Senator said it. On the local level, dealing with the urgencies of the moment, we don't have time to…”

“Again, the Senator said it. On the local level, dealing with the urgencies of the moment, we don't have time to philosophize and don't have time for politics. We have to solve problems. The Senator's point is something I experienced as a mayor on multiple occasions. We got teenagers and trained them in solar panel installation. What happened to the buildings? It reduced the costs. People saved money. Our surrounding environment actually improved, burning less fossil fuels, putting less carbon in the air. Every time we attended to our environment, we were able to find win- wins. We looked at that and said: Let's create multiple farms and create more locally-grown food. We found a way to address crime issues in our city. By the way, there are studies which show cities with more trees and plant life and what have you often see some correlations with crime. We did it in a different way. We created greenfields, planting food, locally-grown produce, able to source it to restaurants over in New York across the Hudson River. But what excited me is we created a reentry program for men and women coming home from prison. So this is the creativity we see in industry and local communities, people realizing that this is not an either-or choice, the economy or the environment. No. That is a false choice. So people who see this as incredibly threatening haven't looked at the facts that we can create wins on multiple levels for the United States of America.…”