I listened to that press hearing, and there were many other important aspects of the hearing which this journalist failed to discuss, the most important was this: Ericksen was asked about his views on climate change and waffled. He would not acknowledge the very real threat that climate change poses to our states economy, snowpack, streams and rivers, forest fires and people. Washington deserves someone who will tackle this problem head on, not waffle around and talk about natural variability. 2016 was the hottest year on record, for the third year in a row. We need out elected officials to start taking this seriously.