Findings tallies count 15 of 1261 official–disaster reviews as Climate Connection (one review per Core Democratic Official per disaster). Below that tally, 12 distinct in-window published statements carry the matching code — the quotable evidence layer. The gap is usually reviews backed by a source URL but not yet in the statement catalog, or one statement linked to multiple disaster reviews.
Official–disaster reviews (15)
Scoring rows from the research grid — what increments the Findings tally.
In-window statements (12)
Core cohort only · published · in-window · coded yes.
-
Brian Schatz
On Hawaii News Now Spotlight Now (Tuesday, August 18, 2026), Schatz discussed Lala damage assessments and an anticipated federal disaster declaration. Hawaii News Now reported that he warned Hurricane Lala and recent Kona low storms are evidence that severe weather is worsening …
-
Ed Markey
In a Jul. 18, 2026 letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, Sen. Ed Markey wrote: "As smoke from wildfires in Canada crosses our northern border, threatening public health and the economy across the Midwest and Eastern United States, I write wit…
-
Bernie Sanders
In a July 16 interview with The Detroit News (ahead of a Michigan tour for U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed), Sanders called the smoke a "manifestation" of climate change, which he labeled a crisis. "This is exactly what climate scientists have predicted for decades," he sai…
-
Ed Markey
January 10, 2025 (@SenMarkey): “Los Angeles is on fire. Donald Trump says drill baby drill and stop wind and solar. He will add fuel to the fire.” Same day: “Republicans say that we can’t afford a Green New Deal. What we really can’t afford is to sacrifice our lives, homes, and …
-
Chuck Schumer
Senate floor, January 9, 2025: Schumer said "our prayers are with the people of Southern California impacted by the wildfires," urged rapid disaster aid, and added: "the fact that the worst wildfire in Los Angeles history should happen in the dead of winter is another warning of…
-
Bernie Sanders
January 8, 2025 (X @BernieSanders): "80,000 people told to evacuate. Blazes 0% contained. Eight months since the area has seen rain. The scale of damage and loss is unimaginable. Climate change is real, not 'a hoax.' Donald Trump must treat this like the existential crisis it is…
-
Elizabeth Warren
On Facebook (Sep 30, 2024), Warren wrote: "I'm heartsick for the families who lost their homes and their loved ones to Hurricane Helene. It's a sad reality that this hurricane rapidly intensified into a powerful Category 4 storm because of climate change. We must do more to conf…
-
Bernie Sanders
July 14, 2023 Vermont Public interview: Sanders described Barre and Montpelier flood damage ("I've never seen anything like it"), urged relief for devastated homeowners and small businesses, and said climate change is "very real" with "unprecedented weather disturbances" beyond …
-
Peter Welch
July 12, 2023, FEMA briefing with Gov. Scott and the Vermont delegation (WAMC): Welch said he had asked NOAA about climate and this flood. “The warmer weather, particularly over the ocean, that then comes across the country means that there’s much, much more moisture in the air.…
-
Chuck Schumer
June 7–8, 2023 Senate floor: Schumer said the U.S. suffered "some of the worst wildfire air pollution in the entire history of our country" from 400+ Quebec fires. "To walk through New York City yesterday was to walk on another planet — the orange fog of wildfire smoke left our …
-
Ed Markey
June 8, 2023 Senate floor: Markey spoke as Canadian wildfire smoke blanketed the Northeast and D.C. He asked when New York or Philadelphia last experienced smoke "of this magnitude," said climate change made the pattern "more frequent and more intense," and declared: "This isn't…
-
Bernie Sanders
June 7, 2023, official X (@SenSanders): “Right now, 98 MILLION people on the East Coast are under air quality alerts from Canadian fires and, last night, NYC had the worst air quality in the world. Climate change makes wildfires more frequent and widespread. If we do nothing, th…