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Joe Biden
stated on November 14, 2023 in remarks at the White House:

“Last year alone, natural disasters in America caused $178 billion in damages.”

By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2023
Joe Biden
stated on July 27, 2023 in a speech on extreme heat:

“The No. 1 weather-related killer is heat. 600 people die annually from its effects, more than from floods, hurricanes and tornadoes in America combined.”

By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2023
Yuh-Line Niou
stated on September 28, 2022 in a tweet:

Sen. Marco Rubio and U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis “voted against aid for Hurricane Sandy.”

By Amy Sherman • September 30, 2022
Tammy Baldwin
stated on November 6, 2021 in Panel discussion:

“Within two years, there were two 500-year (storm) events” in Wisconsin.

By Laura Schulte • November 30, 2021
Jim Spencer
stated on June 18, 2018 in a news blog post:

Says May 2018 marked the 401st straight month of global temperatures exceeding the 20th century average.

By W. Gardner Selby • June 20, 2018
Duane Hall
stated on August 23, 2016 in a tweet:

North Carolina’s coast "is possibly the best place in (the) U.S. for an offshore windfarm."

By Will Doran • September 9, 2016
Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on February 11, 2014 in a segment on MSNBC's "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell":

Chris Christie "helped funnel $6 million in federal Hurricane Sandy money to a senior center in Belleville, N.J., a place that suffered no damage."

By Katie Sanders • February 19, 2014
Peggy Noonan
stated on February 16, 2014 in a broadcast of ABC's "This Week":

Says "(President) Reagan's second inaugural was moved inside the Capitol. It was. Because of a terrible snowstorm."

By Jon Greenberg • February 16, 2014
Rick Scott
stated on September 17, 2013 in a letter to Florida's U.S. senators:

"Over the past 35 years, Florida families have paid into the (National Flood Insurance Program) over $16 billion, four times more than the amount they have received in claim reimbursements."

By Amy Sherman • September 25, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on June 12, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:

The oceans "have become 30 percent more acidic."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 21, 2013
Rodney Frelinghuysen
stated on January 15, 2013 in a speech on the House floor:

Says "the area damaged by Hurricane Sandy represents roughly 10 percent of our nation's economy."

By Bill Wichert • January 31, 2013
Jersey Central Power & Light
stated on September 7, 2011 in an advertisement:

Hurricane "Irene was the second-largest storm to hit North America in terms of power outages -- and the first hurricane to make landfall in New Jersey since 1904."

By Caryn Shinske • September 16, 2011
John Buss
stated on March 23, 2011 in comments before a state House subcommittee:

Tallahassee is "the ninth-rainiest (city) in the nation."

By Aaron Sharockman • April 1, 2011
General Beauregard Lee
stated on February 2, 2011 in his website:

Says he predicts the weather better than Punxsutawney Phil.

By Willoughby Mariano • February 4, 2011

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