Finding Common Ground on the Politics of Climate

Let's Find Common Ground

USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future

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🗓️ 7 April 2023

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

CPF Director Bob Shrum joins former U.S. Representatives Val Demings and Adam Kinzinger for a conversation on the politics of climate with the goal of finding common ground. They discuss political barriers to enacting climate action, climate legislation passed by Congress, and how environmental legislation can help achieve climate justice.

Featuring:

Val Demings: Former U.S. Representative (D-FL)
Adam Kinzinger: Former U.S. Representative (R-IL)
Bob Shrum: Director, Center for the Political Future; Warschaw Chair in Practical Politics, USC Dornsife
Bruce Bond: Co-Founder, CEO, & Board Chair of Common Ground Committee

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0:00.0	Welcome to the bully pulpit from the University of Southern California Center for the Political Future.
0:11.7	Our podcast brings together America's top politicians, journalists, academics, and strategists from across the political spectrum for discussions on hot button issues where we respect
0:22.0	each other and respect the truth. We hope you enjoy these conversations.
0:28.9	Hello, everyone.
0:31.0	And welcome. I'm Bruce Bond, co-founder and CEO of Common Ground Committee, and we are so pleased to be
0:38.7	co-presenting U.S.C.'s Climate Forward Conference, 2030, bridging divides, sharing solutions,
0:45.7	with the U.S. Rigley Institute for Environmental Studies and the USC Dornside Center for the political
0:51.6	future. We are also very pleased that this event is part of this
0:55.8	year's National Week of Conversation. And on behalf of all of my colleagues at Common Ground Committee
1:00.9	and our media partner, the Christian Science Monitor, thank you all for being with us today.
1:05.4	We are a non-partisan, non-profit, citizen-led organization bringing light, not heat, to public discourse, and working to bring
1:13.8	healing to the challenges of unhealthy discourse and polarization that challenge our nation. This is our
1:20.5	20th public forum, and this first discussion will focus on finding common ground on the politics of
1:26.9	climate. So let's get right to it.
1:29.3	We have an incredible panel for you today.
1:32.3	I'm thrilled to introduce our moderator, who is a truly legendary political strategist for decades.
1:38.3	He has been one of the most influential voices of the Democratic Party.
1:42.3	Please give a warm welcome to the director of the USC Dornsef Center for the political future and the Carmen H. and Louis Warshaw chair in practical politics, Bob Schrum.
1:57.6	And next are highly esteemed guests. He served for six terms as a U.S.
2:04.8	representative for Illinois and sat on the Energy and Commerce Committee as well as the Foreign
2:10.0	Affairs Committee. He was one of two Republicans who served on the nonpartisan select committee
2:14.6	to investigate the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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