Edward Markey: “Climate denial costs lives and it costs livelihoods.”

“That is why we are here today, because Trump presents a clear and present danger to the public. Because Climate denial costs lives and it costs livelihoods. This isn't a deregulatory agenda. This is a deep, deranged agenda. And we are seeing that derangement now in the Persian Gulf, in the Strait of Hormuz.” (09:04–09:10)

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