[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 22 (Thursday, March 3, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 3, 1994]
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              GLOBAL WARMING--LET US PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE

  (Mr. STEARNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today concerning an issue that I am 
sure is on everybody's mind, global warming. I say this with tongue in 
cheek as an admonition.
  It is obvious to all of us as we are dealing with this latest 
snowstorm here that the blistering apocalypse of global warming is 
putting everything in perspective.
  After all, during the big January snowstorm, temperatures dipped 
below zero. In the February snow and ice storm, the thermometer dropped 
into the single digits. And here in March, the coldest it will get 
during this snowstorm is only the twenties.
  Judging by this winter, you'd think that a new ice age is upon us. Of 
course, it would be ridiculous to judge long-term climatic changes on 
one winter in one part of the country. Unfortunately, equally 
ridiculous claims of global warming have been made based on short-term 
weather trends, and have helped shape policy in Congress.
  Mr. Speaker, let us keep this long, cold winter in mind the next time 
Congress is asked to push good science aside and make policy based on 
hyperbole and hysteria.

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