idaho, new orleans, louisiana, mississippi, and you know, here. every part of the country. every part of the country is getting hit by extreme weather, and we are now living in real time what the country s going to look like, and if we don t do something we can t turn it back very much, but we can prevent it from getting worse. and so we re all in this together and we ve got to make sure that we don t leave any community behind and it s all across the country. you know, the members of congress know from their colleagues in congress that it looks like a tornado and they don t call it that anymore that hit the crops and wetlands in the middle of the country, in iowa and nevada. it s just across the board, and you know, as i said, we re in
he s visited two communities and mullica hills and winona hit by the tornado that s on the ground that s, what, for over 13 miles that s on the ground those tornadoes. hhs, the secretary s worked with the state to make sure folks on medicare and medicaid get the emergency care they need now. woe will make sure that the relief is equitable so that those hardest hit get what they need and they and we know there s a lot more to do and that s why we are here. for decades, scientists have warned of extreme weather would be more extreme and climate change was here and we re living through it now. we don t have any more time. i hope i ve been on the telephone or on the road an awful lot between california,
this together. so one of the things that today i m going to ask you about when we get into some questions and answers here is about how we re going to build back and we re going to build back realizing what the status of the climate is now, what the trajectory of it is going to be and we can no longer, we all know, we can t just build back to what it was before. whatever damage done in new jersey, you can t build back and restore what it was before because another tornado, another 10 inches of rain will produce the same kind of results. so i want to talk a little bit about the specifics, about the things you think you would need, not just to get back to normal, but to get back to a place where if it happened again the damage would be considerably less. that s what this is all about in my view. this is an opportunity.