Political Quotes

“The bipartisan work I think is mostly being done at the local level--at the level of Governors and mayors, at the level of local city councils. One example which comes to mind is the City of Miami. Miami is really ground zero for climate change. On high-tide days, their streets already flood with water which is pushing up through what should be ways for water to flow off the streets but comes up into the streets-- saltwater. The freshwater supply is already being inundated by saltwater as it pushes through the porous limestone the Miami area is built on. They realize they have a real problem. So four county governments came together to deal with this. The four counties are led two by Democrats and two by Republicans. I mentioned earlier we used to have bipartisanship on this issue until Citizens United was decided by the Supreme Courts, until all the big money came in, until all the dark money came in, until people on the Republican side who were willing to speak up about climate change were punished and threatened so badly they could no longer do it. The Citizens United effect hasn't worked its way down to Governors and counties, so they still see the real action. I think the Senator as a mayor will also remember there were reality- based problems to be dealt with--not every day but 10 times a day or 15 times a day. Abraham Lincoln in the movie ``Lincoln'' said: I like to get my public opinion bath by having real people in.…”