Mikie Sherrill actually said...

"I am pleased to welcome our distinguished panel to today's hearing."

"Assessments of flood risk today must consider that climate change is accelerating rates of sea level rise."

"The focus of today's hearing is painfully salient in New Jersey, a historically flood-prone State."

"We can't ignore the fact that climate change is here today, it is affecting our homes and our livelihoods, and the federal government needs to deploy new tools to address it."