Adriano Espaillat actually said...

"This is spiraling out of control, and it could be a major, major humanitarian crisis."

"Madam Chair, let me just stress again the importance of these initiatives and the ability for municipalities to be able to determine where to spend the funding, and they get a fair share of funding to..."

"climate change is an existential threat."

"I urge you to please come back to us and give us what your plan is for this change."