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Michael Bennet: “Colorado is going to now be on the bleeding edge of this.”

Featuring: Michael Bennet, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Colorado

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Full interview: Sen. Michael Bennet on Trump's retaliation against Colorado

Published | Video Starts at 15:54

And these kind of shutdowns that we have never had to have in the past, we're now going to confront because of climate change. And California has been on the bleeding edge of this. Colorado is going to now be on the bleeding edge of this. And we're going to have to figure out how, as we think about the expenditure of funds that as taxpayers, we provide to the utility to be able to do the work we need it to do. (15:54–15:58)

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Asserts that Colorado will be significantly affected by climate change-related power shutdowns.

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