morally wrong. we have to be all the way in. [ applause ] let s get an audience question. let s bring in an environmental law student at pace university. fabulous. good to see you. good evening. someone who was born and raised in southern appalachia, would your administration support policies like the health emergency act, hr-250, that take into account the impact coal has in our communities and help provide a path forward. 250 says they re going to halt any permits for coal mining until there s an assessment done on surrounding communities. the answer is yes. we need to go where we were talking about earlier. you don t get to ruin the air for everyone else, the soil for everyone else.
storm anywhere on the planet this year has decimated parts of the bahamas and threatening the east coast. ahead, we ll speak with bernie sanders and elizabeth warren joining me on stage former vice president joe biden. [ applause ] nice to see you, sir. so welcome, going to have an audience question in a minute. broad strokes here, your climate plan calls for zero, net zero emissions by the year 2050. there is a lot of policy makers out there that say look, it s got to be done faster talking ten, 12 years. your climate change plan talks about spending 1 .7 trillion. there is other candidates talking about spending $16 trillion. is your plan aggressive enough? that s the question. yes, i think it is aggressive enough and gotten good reviews for most of the environmental community. it s been rated very highly and
service will go right back to those industries that they are helping every day by deregularing the industries. and so as president one of my greatest priorities on this subject will be about preservation of public lands. that s part of my plan actually. getting back to russia because you mentioned obviously that your view on that, that you think it s about expanding territory. you know, bill raised something. this is a long issue and we have done nothing about it to as a country. two ice breakers versus three dozen. would you match them on the ice breakers? it depends on the purpose of the ice breakers. what is the purpose? what are we say something the legitimate purpose there? if we can answer that question then perhaps we can answer the question. but i don t know the legitimate purpose. all right. let s go to a audience question. lgbtq and disability activist hi, carson. i have a spinal cord injury and part of having a spinal cord injury means i experience something called
regulatory requirements for dodd/frank. and for years they had pointed out to me that they hadn t caused the financial crisis, which is true. and i said to them when i have a chance to help fix that in a bipartisan way i will because we lost 40% of the bank headquarters in colorado as a result partly because of those regulations. that is why i voted for the bill. i kept my word, and i believe i did the right thing. thank you for the question. we re going to go to another audience question. deb dolbman who runs her own packaging business. for the past two years our country has been jerked around like a wagon being towed down a bumpy dirt road behind an angry toddler on a tricycle. i don t know what you mean. we seem to be in danger of losing our place as leader of the free world. if you are elected who would be
the justice department is going to take seriously every single kmant thereat comes from every single community where someone has been treated unfairly because of the color of their skin. that s something we have to end in the united states of america. our next audience question comes from margaret thompson a student at high point university studying political science. hi. so according to the washington post two in three americans say public schoolteachers are underpaid. how are you going to increase teacher pay and the equality of education at schools across the country? thank you very much for the question. as dana mentioned i spent five years privileged in working for the children and teachers and principals of denver public schools as superintendent. it has been the best job i ve ever had, the most rewarding job i have ever had. there are many challenges with our education system.