{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/-bicameral-task-force-on-climate-change-applauds-president-obamas-commitment-to-climate-change-resilience-preparation", "Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change Applauds President Obama’s Commitment to Climate Change Resilience Preparation", "2013-11-01", "2013", "2013-11", "Democrat", "House", "RI", "Sheldon Whitehouse", "W000802", "www.whitehouse.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "11.01.13\n\t\t\t  Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change Applauds President Obama\u2019s Commitment to Climate Change Resilience Preparation \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWashington, DC \u2013 The Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change strongly supports the executive order issued by President Obama today to enhance climate preparedness and resilience for the United States.\u00a0 This order firmly grounds Administration policy in the realities of climate science and acknowledges the variety of challenges that our country will face in coming years due to increasing erratic and dangerous weather patterns and events.  \u00a0  It will encourage increased information sharing on all levels of government in order promote smarter, more climate-resilient investments and will help provide state and local governments the tools to identify and make those investments.\u00a0 The order also requires the Departments of Defense, the Interior, and Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency, NOAA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Army Corps of Engineers, and other agencies to compile an assessment of the effects of climate change on communities, economies, and ecosystems across the nation.  \u00a0  \u201cI commend President Obama\u2019s continued action on climate change,\u201d said Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD).\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWe are already feeling the effects of climate change through rising sea-levels, devastating wildfires, and deadly superstorms.\u00a0 These harms pose serious risks to the public health, our national security, and our economy.\u00a0 The Task Force the President established today will bring the wisdom and experience of state and local leaders to the challenge of protecting our communities from the worsening impacts of climate change.\u201d  \u00a0  \u201cClimate change poses a serious threat to national security, undermines the health and safety of our communities, and represents a substantial risk to taxpayers,\u201d said Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).\u00a0 \u201cI applaud the Administration for issuing an executive order and forming a task force to help communities across the country prepare for the effects of climate change.\u201d  \u00a0  \u201cClimate change is already here, lapping at our doorstep in the form of more extreme weather and rising sea-levels,\u201d said Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA). \u201cThat\u2019s why we have to deal with the realities of resiliency against these impacts we can no longer avoid, even as we try to cut the pollution that could make climate change even worse.\u201d  \u00a0  \u201cClimate change is increasing the severity of droughts and storms and the intensity of wildfires,\u201d said Representative Henry A. Waxman (CA-33), ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. \u201cToday the President has taken important steps to ensure that the federal government is a good partner in helping our communities prepare for these serious impacts.\u00a0 This is an important complement to his leadership in fighting for limits on dangerous carbon pollution.\u201d  \u00a0  With the Republican-controlled Congress refusing to enact any type of legislation, comprehensive or otherwise, that would address the serious impacts of climate change, I applaud President Obama for showing leadership on this critical issue,\u201d said Representative Bobby Rush (IL-01). \u201cCommunities of color and low-income communities are disproportionately impacted by the most harmful health and environmental effects associated with climate change. The President\u2019s actions will undoubtedly give us a better understanding of how to protect these communities, in particular, and the nation as a whole from the dangerous and more frequent extreme weather events and disasters that the country has been experiencing.\u201d  \u00a0  \u201cIn addition to fighting to reverse climate change, we must also ensure that we are as prepared as possible for its inevitable effects, which are already wreaking havoc across our country,\u201d said Representative Earl Blumenauer (OR-03). \u201cI\u2019m grateful to the President for taking this action and will continue to work toward legislative solutions to combat the man-made sources of climate change and protect our land, soil, and water.\u201d  \u00a0  \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/-bicameral-task-force-on-climate-change-applauds-president-obamas-commitment-to-climate-change-resilience-preparation"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.805519986897707, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}