Declarations

Climate Opposition

“Now more than ever is the time for the United States to be a leader and a partner on this. Not to walk away from this.”

— Mary Nichols, chairwoman of California’s Air Resources Board, said California stands in opposition to a Trump administration plan to scrap a policy slashing climate-changing emissions from power plants.

Forced Out

“They were flooded out and forced out.”

— Dickinson, Texas, resident, Charmaine Rea said many of her neighbors gave up and moved out after Hurricane Harvey flooded their homes in August 2017. Now, Rea and other Dickinson residents are opposing the city’s plan to buyout flooded homes and rezone some residential neighborhoods as commercial.

Loss of Public Trust

“We wonder why the public loses trust in their police department.”

— Chicago city Alderman Tom Tunney said after a Chicago City Council committee recommended paying $20 million to the families of two men killed when a drunken off-duty police detective slammed into their car nine years ago. The committee was told that the police department’s alleged code of silence “emboldened” the intoxicated policeman, Joseph Frugoli, to climb behind the wheel of his SUV.

Not Alone

“No organization or entity can fight this alone.”

— Highmark Delaware President Tim Constantine said his company has given four organizations $325,000 in grants to combat Delaware’s opioid crisis. State officials say 34 people have died from suspected overdoses this year, while 308 died in 2016. Overdose deaths in the state first surpassed the number of motor vehicle deaths in 2009.

Drug Dealing MDs

“We’re not going to tolerate it.”

— U.S. Attorney Michael Stuart comments on the arrest of 10 doctors charged with overprescribing pain pills from clinics in West Virginia and Virginia. The doctors face 69 counts of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and other controlled substances that weren’t for legitimate medical purposes between 2010 to 2015.