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We have a voter here who s with us. joel phillips, a student at the university of houston, a democrat. your question tonight? hello. so my question is, as a lifelong houstonian, i ve seen the damages that hurricanes have caused to my city and i ve watched as harvey continued in a devastating way that damage. so in the face of a warming climate that leads to more powerful storms, how much of a priority would climate change be to your administration and what are some plans you have to tackle that issue. thank you for the question. i think the concern that you have, i share at the highest level. i came here to houston during hurricane harvey. i went to new orleans during katrina. and i ve seen for myself what is happening in this country and around the world. but let s maybe bring up the topic of the day, which is the green new deal. i read with great interest what they were suggesting. and i think these are well-intentioned people, and like me, are gravely concerned ....

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