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Hakeem Jeffries: “A direct connection between the rise of extreme weather…”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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A direct connection between the climate crisis and the rise of extreme weather events that threaten the health, the safety and the well being of the American people. And A direct connection between the rise of extreme weather events and the homeowners insurance crisis that exists now in state after state after state. Homeownership has become unaffordable in far too many places, ripping away the possibility of home ownership for millions of Americans. And we know that homeownership has always been central to the great American dream. (01:53–02:05)

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Asserts a direct connection between extreme weather events and the homeowners insurance crisis in multiple states.

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