Concepts Picked Up in Childhood That Finally Have Application

(Trump appointee):

Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt told CNN on Thursday that discussing climate change right now is inconsiderate to the people of Florida.
"Here's the issue," Pruitt told CNN. "To have any kind of focus on the cause and effect of the storm—versus helping people, or actually facing the effect of the storm—is misplaced."

There was a [folk?] song lyric when I was very young to the effect of 'The roof doesn't leak if it's not raining, and I can't fix it when it's raining.'

May be too apropos.