Fight Climate Change

This Is the Only Earth We Get

I grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, less than a mile from Lake Erie.

Every summer, we’d head down to the water. Swim. Sit in the sun. Not think too much about anything beyond that moment.

We didn’t worry about pollution or water quality.

We just knew it was there.

Clean enough. Safe enough. Ours.

Now I think about that differently.

Because not everyone has that experience anymore.

And not everyone will.

I’m running for Congress because freedom doesn’t mean much if you can’t breathe the air, drink the water, or trust the place you live.

Everyone should be free to breathe clean air and drink safe water, not live with pollution they didn’t choose.

Right now, that freedom is being taken away.

Not by accident, but by decisions that put profit ahead of people.

Climate change isn’t abstract. It’s already shaping people’s lives.

Floods that wipe out homes.

Heat that makes it dangerous to work outside.

Storms that hit harder and cost more.

And the people who have the least are usually the ones hit first.

That’s not just unfortunate.

It’s unfair.

And it’s preventable.

But instead of acting, too many politicians take money from companies that profit from pollution, and then pretend nothing is wrong.

That’s not leadership.

That’s a choice.

Here’s what needs to change:

• We need to move to clean energy like wind and solar that creates jobs and reduces pollution

• We need to protect our land and water so communities aren’t left dealing with the consequences

• And we need to hold polluters accountable when they put people’s health at risk

Because no one should get rich by making your air or water unsafe.

This isn’t about politics.

It’s about control over your own life.

When your air is polluted, you don’t get to opt out.

When your water isn’t safe, you don’t get a choice.

When extreme weather hits, you live with the consequences.

That’s not freedom.

That’s exposure.

We can do better.

We can build an economy that creates good jobs and protects the places we depend on. We can take care of what we’ve been given without giving up the way we live.

As a person of faith, I believe we are called to care for what we’ve been entrusted with.

Not just for ourselves.

But for the people who come after us.

Because this isn’t just about the world we remember.

It’s about the world we leave behind.

We don’t get a second Earth.

And we don’t get to ignore what’s happening.

The question isn’t whether we can act.

It’s whether we will.