; Whereas the overall costs for such disasters for the United States in 2022 was roughly $165 billion, the third highest recorded total costs, including 18 separate weather and climate disasters costing at least 1 billion dollars each and caused at least 474 direct or indirect known fatalities; Whereas the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds there are wide-ranging, acute, and fatal public health consequences from climate change that impact communities across the United States; Whereas, according to the National Climate and Health Assessment of the United States Global Change Research Program, climate change is a significant threat to the health of the people of the United States, leading to increased— (1) temperature-related deaths and illnesses; (2) air quality impacts; (3) extreme weather events; (4) numbers of vector-borne diseases; (5) waterborne illnesses; (6) food safety, nutrition, and distribution complications; and (7) mental health and well-being concerns; Whereas environmental and public health threats from climate change and climate disasters are not randomly distributed and disproportionately affect low-income communities and communities of color; Whereas the consequences of climate change are felt most severely by frontline communities and endanger populations made especially vulnerable by existing exposure to extreme weather events, such as children, the elderly, and individuals with preexisting disabilities and health conditions