Amy Klobuchar — Jul 9, 2025

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July 9, 2025, Commerce Committee: “We all are heartbroken over the loss of life, the kids at the camps, the people in both Senator Cruz’s and Senator Luján’s state. And I think that we all know this is not an isolated incident. We can pretend it is, but it is not. Extreme weather events like this one have been getting worse and worse all over our country.” She named NOAA losses of at least 1,875 employees “at the very worst time,” then: “these stronger storms that we know are a scientific fact—warming climate.”

Codes

• Disaster Mention yes — Names the camp deaths in Texas and New Mexico.
• Climate Connection yes — Events like this one; stronger storms as a scientific fact of a warming climate.
• Mentioned Republican Obstruction of Climate Action partial — NOAA buyouts and vacancies. No blocked climate law.