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“Well, what now, we need to understand that states are passing laws because of what the Supreme Court has now allowed to happen. States are passing laws, I think there are about 12 states, for example, I think there are about 12, who have said there's no exception, even for rape or incest. For a -- for a woman or a girl to have access to an abortion and this medical procedure. Most recently a 10-year-old child who is the subject of a clearly a sexual assault, having to go through and endure that kind of injustice and violence and then having to travel to another state and this is just in the first two weeks, I think since after the decision. Can you imagine what this is going to mean? And who -- and what other cases there will be that maybe we won't learn about that will occur? ”— Kamala Harris

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kamala-harris-face-the-nation-transcript-07-10-2022/

“We’re going to have days — and sometimes there will be days of immense water — of rain, of storms, of flooding. And at the same time, we are a state that has experienced, for generations, drought. And we must therefore understand that the issues that are present in the climate crisis are varied, and it requires us to be present and to be in front of each of the iterations and variations that include extreme weather that produces a lot of water and extreme weather that produces drought.”— Kamala Harris

Source: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/01/20/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-and-california-natural-resources-secretary-wade-crowfoot-on-drought-and-flood-resilience

“But in particular, $12 billion is coming to western states and into the western region of our country to address these issues in a way that we can build up resilience and adaptation and do the kind of work that is happening right here, which is investing in smart ways to store water so that we will have that water in times of crisis, such as drought.”— Kamala Harris

Source: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/01/20/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-and-california-natural-resources-secretary-wade-crowfoot-on-drought-and-flood-resilience/