Yvette Clarke actually said...

"Today's hearing is about recognizing that climate change is not only an environmental threat, but it is a threat to homeland security."

"Denying the reality that greenhouse gas emissions are contributing to rising seas and extreme temperatures flies in the face of what we are experiencing."

"I represent Brooklyn, as our chairman introduced me, where in 2012 we saw the impact of climate change first hand when Superstorm Sandy devastated my district and, going forward, will only get worse."

"As the President claims, there is a national emergency on the southern border, he is ignoring what I believe is a national emergency in his own back yard."