Peter Welch — Jul 10, 2024

← Findings

On July 10, 2024, Welch spoke on the Senate floor marking the one-year anniversary of the 2023 Vermont floods. He also named this storm: "We're expecting more rain this week. The remnants of Hurricane Beryl could cause flooding again tonight." He pointed colleagues to "the recent tragedies in Texas, Minnesota, and elsewhere." Relief and supplemental-aid framing for 2023 recovery; the Beryl sentence is a forecast of that night's remnant flooding. No climate-change link to Beryl. No obstruction.

Codes

• Disaster Mention yes — Names remnants of Hurricane Beryl; Texas among “recent tragedies.”
• Climate Connection no — Hundred-year-to-ten-year language is about 2023 floods, not Beryl causation.
• Mentioned Policy yes — Urges disaster supplemental / Rural Recovery Act.
• Mentioned Republican Obstruction of Climate Action no — No climate-policy obstruction claim.