Witnesses experiencing technical difficulties should inform the Committee Staff immediately. Lets get started. Good afternoon. Welcome. Thank you for joining this remote hearing. Today we are going to talk about cities and states working to protect their communities and how to increase resilience to climate impacts. I recognize myself for five minutes for Opening Statements. Members, as congress continues to work on muchneeded Infrastructure And Job legislation, the climate crisis keeps proving that we need generational investments that will create a stronger and more resilient america. The west is facing a recordsetting mega drought, increased risks of heat waves and wildfires, and shrinking Water Supply for millions of americans. Severe storms, persistent drought, massive flooding, and other climate related disasters cost our nation nearly 100 billion in 2020 alone. Earlier this year, americans experienced deadly and destructive Winter Storm in texas and historic floods in the southe
Mitigating climate change risk. The hearing will come to order. Without objection the chairs authorized to declare recess at any time. Members are responsible for controlling their own microphones. Members can be muted by staff to avoid inadvertent background noise. Welcome. Thank you for joining this remote hearing. Today we are going to talk about cities and states working to protect their communities and how to increase resilience to climate impacts. I recognize myself for five minutes for Opening Statements. Members, as congress continues to work on muchneeded Infrastructure And Job legislation, the climate crisis keeps proving that we need generational investments that will create a stronger and more resilient america. The west is facing a recordsetting mega drought, increased risks of heat waves and wildfires, and shrinking Water Supply for millions of americans. Severe storms, persistent drought, massive flooding, and other climate related disasters cost our nation nearly 100 bi
Urging businesses to require employees to be vaccinated. We need more businesses to step up and do their part. Our civil liberties are a risk here and they a danger. brian hi, everybody. Welcome. We waited hours. Hours for the president to make a speech. Actually it was a day late after his Secretary Of State bored everyone by barely making Eye Contact with the camera and stiffly giving an address how the war of afghanistan was over and went so well. The president of the United States basically had the same message. This was a big success. Anyone who defy was a big success just doesnt like me and by the way lets blame President Trump. He was the one who put me in a deal i couldnt get out of it. Thats the one deal he couldnt get out of it. I cant imagine that 30 Minute Speech convinced many people that this Evacuation Wasnt one of the worst moments in american history. Ainsley he called it extraordinary success even though 13 americans were killed at the airport in that suicide bombing.
Their own microphones. They can be muted by staff only to avoid inadvertent background noise. In addition, statements, documents, or motions must be significant must be submitted to the electronic depository. Finally, members or witnesses experiencing technical difficulties should inform the Committee Staff immediately. Lets get started. Good afternoon. Welcome. Thank you for joining this remote hearing. Today we are going to talk about cities and states working to protect their communities and how to increase resilience to climate impact. I recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. All members, as congress continues to work on muchneeded Infrastructure And Job legislation, the climate crisis keeps proving we need generational investments that will create a stronger and more resilient america. As we speak, the west is facing a recordsetting mega draft increasing risk of dangerous heat waves and wildfires and shrinking Water Supply for millions of americans. Severe sto