On the recordDecember 14, 2017
first of all, I thank my friend, the Senator from Rhode Island, for two things--one, for being a constant voice on the need for us to diversify our energy sources and supplies and for recognizing the enormous challenge around climate change. I come from a State that is not too dissimilar from his in terms of its having a great deal of shoreline. We see the effects of the changing climate each and every day. At high tide, we have parts of the city of Norfolk that have never before flooded that flood on a regular basis.
