[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 56 (Thursday, May 7, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H2936]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      DO NOT LET ADMINISTRATION REGULATE OUR ECONOMY DOWN THE TUBE

  (Mrs. EMERSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. EMERSON. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to join my colleagues, the 
gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Knollenberg) and the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Klink), in cosponsoring the American Economy 
Protection Act, which will block the use of any Federal funds to 
implement the so-called Kyoto Treaty on Global Climate Change unless 
the Senate ratifies the agreement.
  I say ``so-called'' because there is absolutely no scientific 
consensus that global warming has occurred, and yet the administration 
continues to push its implementation of this treaty through the back 
door. As policymakers, we have an obligation to know first that a 
problem exists before we try to fix it.
  I have to ask why we would agree to a treaty when our international 
competitors, like Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, India, and Communist China 
would be free to continue doing business as usual? Are they any less 
responsible for the Earth's climate than the United States? I do not 
think so.
  Let us not let the administration regulate our economy down the 
tubes. I ask my colleagues to join the three of us in cosponsoring this 
legislation and giving the American people a voice in whether or not 
this flawed treaty should go forward.

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