TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY • August 10, 2022
The extreme weather that is savaging various parts of America hit eastern Kentucky last week when unprecedented flash floods wiped out homes and devastated communities, taking at least 37 lives, with hundreds still missing. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) voted against the bipartisan infrastructure bill that even his fellow Republican, Sen. Mitch McConnell, ended up supporting. Paul ripped the bill for investing in climate change programs. The people of eastern Kentucky [and the rest of the U.S.] deserve leaders who have the common sense and the common decency to act. That means championing the investments needed to both make communities more resilient, to modernize and strengthen bridges and water systems, and to invest in measures to combat climate change. ~ The Rev. Jesse Jackson