All of that requires more money, so yes, we should build the things we want to build in more robust ways so that they don't wash away when the rain comes, but are there enough resources out there to do all the things we're currently doing, plus do all of what's required to protect infrastructure from extreme weather and rebuild a lot of our infrastructure that wasn't built to accommodate the 200-year floods that the mayors were talking about?
On May 4th, 2023. See this statement in context.