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The fallout from climate change – from increased droughts and flooding to hotter temperatures to rising sea levels – cost the United States billions of dollars every year. It affects individuals, families, and businesses of all sizes. “Second, as a former Senate Majority Leader and a former member of this committee from 1995-2002, I am intimately aware of how a stable federal budget is critical to the fiscal health of our economy and national security. Yes, climate change is an environmental crisis, but it’s also a public health crisis, a food crisis, and a threat to our economic security. I have seen firsthand the detrimental effects climate change is having, and will have, on people, their communities, and nations. First, as a heart and lung transplant surgeon who has been fortunate to travel across the United States and around the world. “I am appearing before you today drawing on three distinct experiences.

Senator Frist’s full testimony, as prepared for delivery, can be found here. Preserving and building on the wins for nature that Congress recently passed will ensure a world where nature and people can thrive.” Conservation and climate action are central and urgent policy issues for the United States and the world. Protecting nature and our natural resources should be an issue that brings us together as we find solutions to our emerging climate problems. Senator Frist’s overarching message to the committee was: “The topic of climate change should unite us. Ambassador to China and Governor of Iowa, Terry Branstad. He was joined by former Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull and fomer U.S. Senator Frist, global board chair for The Nature Conservancy, served as Senate Majority Leader and is a former member of the committee. testified before the United States Senate Budget Committee during a hearing, “Lessons Learned: Leadership Perspectives and Experience on the National Cost of Climate Change,” examing the national costs of climate change.

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