Climate change must be our No. 1 priority | By Washington Gov. JayInslee for CNNOpinion
Jay Inslee is the governor of Washington and a Democratic candidate for president. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion on CNN.
We are out of time for waiting, debating and half-measures. America needs bold climate action now. And the only way we're going to get it is if we elect a president who will make defeating climate change the No. 1 priority of the United States. Jay Inslee That is why I am running for president -- because if defeating climate change isn't job No. 1, it's not going to get done. If elected, I will be the president who gets it done, just like I have as governor of Washington state, a state that is moving forward on building an economy run on clean energy.
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