[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 14, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H883]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            BUSH BREAKS PROMISE ON CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS

  (Mr. ALLEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, President Bush has broken his promise. During 
his campaign and even until last week, President Bush had committed to 
reducing carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
  In a speech last September in Michigan, the President said, and I 
quote, ``We will require all power plants to meet clean air standards 
in order to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, mercury 
and carbon dioxide.''
  He made this promise to the American people to protect the health of 
our children and the environment and to protect them from the effects 
of climate change. Yet now he has given in to the oil and gas 
industries who were his biggest contributors.
  The scientific community has concluded that climate change, global 
warming is real and serious. Mr. Speaker, I will soon reintroduce 
legislation to require oil and coal-fired power plants to clean up 
their emissions, including carbon dioxide.
  In America today, dirty power is cheap power, and we need to act this 
year to pass my legislation to clean up these emissions, to clean up 
these old power plants and to get control of climate change carbon 
dioxide, which is threatening this country.

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