MENENDEZ: Do people say we can’t to afford to put cops on the street?
People said we couldn’t afford to build strong enough levies to protect New Orleans.
The question is not if we are going to put a cap on carbon emissions, but when.
Do we want to do it now when it would be cheaper to do and we could become leaders in clean technologies.
With the rising price of gasoline today, we see the result of waiting to take action.
American people are tired of being told what they cannot achieve.
KLOBUCHAR: (I missed most of this on a phone call. She Spent some time on the climate science and the cost of inaction)
Industry objected to fuel economy standards in the 1970s, but they rolled up their sleeves and met the standards which are now saving American thousand dollars per household.
Energy efficiency holds huge opportunities to lower costs while cutting emissions.
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