If you under-invest in these areas of crisis, it becomes a persistent drag on growth. — Brian Deese Copy Share Image
I think we really need to update what we mean by infrastructure for the 21st century. — Brian Deese Copy Share Image
Climate change is going to drive a very significant reallocation of capital. — Brian Deese Capital Copy Share Image
The data show it's possible to grow the economy without growing pollution. — Brian Deese Climate Copy Share Image
When President Obama first came into office in 2009, I spent a fair amount of time in Michigan. — Brian Deese Copy Share Image
Under President Obama's leadership, the United States has done more to combat climate change than ever before. — Brian Deese Change Copy Share Image
Climate change is real, it is being driven by human activity, and it is not a problem any one country can solve… — Brian Deese Change Copy Share Image
For the typical Americans, most of their income comes from wages. So, for people making less than $1 million a year, about… — Brian Deese Income Copy Share Image
For too long, opponents of climate change have hid behind the argument that the U.S. cannot afford to cut carbon pollution because… — Brian Deese Copy Share Image
When it can be done safely and appropriately, U.S.-produced oil and natural gas is important, and domestic production has energy security benefits… — Brian Deese Climate Copy Share Image
The Everglades are flat, and they border a rising ocean. As the sea levels rise, the shorelines erode, and that salty water… — Brian Deese Drinking water Copy Share Image
Middle-class economics is the simple idea that the economy performs best when the benefits of economic growth are broadly shared, not isolated… — Brian Deese Copy Share Image
Indeed, the only reason Trump is able to talk with the Big Three automakers about where to locate their production is because… — Brian Deese Business Copy Share Image
There's a whole process of how the U.S. enters into executive agreements, which involves a legal component, a legal analysis of the… — Brian Deese Analysis Copy Share Image
Trump seems to be implementing a form of coercive capitalism - in which the president publicly picks winners and losers and uses… — Brian Deese Business Copy Share Image
In the early 19th century, when the country was transitioning from an agrarian to an industrial economy, we subsidised transportation and created… — Brian Deese Country Copy Share Image
The Clean Power Plan will significantly boost clean energy as a share of the United States' energy mix and give states increased… — Brian Deese Copy Share Image
Our research indicates that, for example, the physical risks of climate change - both the direct risks to facilities, but also the… — Brian Deese Change Copy Share Image
From drought-parched Brazil to the increasingly ice-free Arctic Ocean, from the rising seas along the Florida coast to the punishing heat waves… — Brian Deese Climate Copy Share Image
For anybody out there... who are parents who are taking care of an elderly parent or an adult child with disabilities, they… — Brian Deese Children Copy Share Image
If you look at the American Jobs Plan, there is a real focus on a multiyear public investment plan designed to get… — Brian Deese Copy Share Image
Most challenges arise suddenly, with little warning. Climate change is different. For decades, we've known why global average temperatures are rising, why… — Brian Deese Challenges Copy Share Image
When we look at economic crises, it is more often policy makers do too little than too much. — Brian Deese Copy Share Image
The risk of operating from home offices in terms of cyber attacks is exponentially greater. — Brian Deese Copy Share Image
We believe that the infrastructure of our care economy is something to take very seriously. — Brian Deese Copy Share Image
Early in the Obama administration, our economic team faced intense pressure to go down the road of coercive capitalism. — Brian Deese Capitalism Copy Share Image
As new technologies upend the economics of climate change, the politics surrounding the environment are changing, too. — Brian Deese Change Copy Share Image
China has gotten high-speed rail right, where the United States has not. — Brian Deese China Copy Share Image
When fully implemented, the EPA's Clean Power Plan will prevent up to 6,600 premature deaths and 150,000 juvenile asthma attacks annually. — Brian Deese Asthma Copy Share Image
It is neither feasible or advisable for us to reshore all supply chains; partnerships with our allies that promote more stable access… — Brian Deese Climate Copy Share Image
Without global action on climate change, Bhutan's tourist and agricultural-based economy faces an acute threat from climate change. — Brian Deese Action Copy Share Image
The care work force, the people who care for the elderly and disabled in the country and the people who principally provide… — Brian Deese Child care Copy Share Image
In 2001, when the economy was strong, the country was able to absorb substantial deficit spending in the wake of September 11… — Brian Deese Country Copy Share Image
Investments, for example, in early childhood and in our children return enormous dividends in terms of their own academic success, reduced cost… — Brian Deese Academic success Copy Share Image
One truism of federal budgeting is that growing deficits force difficult spending decisions, and when they do, programs to help the poor… — Brian Deese Decisions Copy Share Image
I want to make sure my daughter can enjoy Acadia the way I've enjoyed it. I want her kids to be able… — Brian Deese Children Copy Share Image
Presidents must be willing to fight for American jobs and should set a central goal of federal policy of creating an environment… — Brian Deese Copy Share Image
Although the Trump administration cannot halt global progress on climate change, it can still hurt the U.S. economy and the United States'… — Brian Deese Change Copy Share Image
