Issue Quote by Francis X. Suarez

There is an emerging scientific consensus that global warming is making hurricanes more intense and more destructive. It turns out that Katrina fits into…

— Johann Hari

We've had a history of hurricanes, but none of them of the magnitude that we're seeing Irma turn out to be.

— Ricardo Rossello

A true relief effort for hurricane victims is not a partisan issue. However, in Washington we are notorious for making our jobs far more…

— Mark Meadows

The Democrats have responded to the Republicans' lack of dealing with reality by truly not dealing with reality, either.

— Lewis Black

Anyone who says there is not a change in weather patterns is denying reality.

— Andrew Cuomo

It's all about a war of social impulses and beliefs that is as powerful in its way as a big hurricane.

— Rebecca Solnit

I think it is absolutely reprehensible to believe that any member of this House, Democrat or Republican, would want to do anything that would…

— David Dreier

I think that if it is.. has to do with global warming, or if it has to do with raising the minimum wage, or…

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Reports of a hurricane are unfounded.

— Michael Fish

These days we are all pained by the disaster caused by the hurricane in the United States of America.

— Pope Benedict XVI

We're looking at a much worse [Hurricane] risk than people were thinking about a year ago ...some places are going to become uninsurable.

— Judith Curry

What we ought not do is play politics with those who've been afflicted by disasters. This should not be controversial. Stop playing politics, do…

— David Plouffe