[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 30 (Wednesday, March 18, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H1242]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             GLOBAL WARMING

  (Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, the debate we need to have 
in America is do we have global warming? One study shows since 1900 
there is less than a 1 degree change in temperature. Satellite data 
shows a slight cooling.
  Those who are proclaiming we have global warming want us to agree to 
the Kyoto Treaty that will drastically change our competitiveness and 
will radically change our economy. Over 130 countries are not part of 
that agreement. The debate we need to have is do we have global 
warming. We have not had that important scientific discussion. I asked 
a climatologist in my district, who is one of the world's most 
renowned, do we have global warming? He says, there is no evidence of 
it.
  Those who believe in global warming and want us to sign this treaty 
need to stand up and tell the American people how we have global 
warming, what the evidence is. Until they provide that evidence, 
scientific evidence, we need to say no to the U.N. and to Vice 
President Gore and the Kyoto Treaty.

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