[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 76 (Wednesday, June 14, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H3913]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                          STOP GLOBAL WARMING

  (Mr. INSLEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. INSLEE. Mr. Speaker, last week, the President of the Marshall 
Islands visited Bainbridge Island, Washington. In discussions with me 
he made a specific plea. He asked America and the U.S. Congress to 
finally do something about global warming. The reason he said that is 
that rising sea levels literally could drown his entire nation.
  He basically told me that his entire nation could become the first 
nation state to be environmental refugees, and he said, you know, we 
don't hardly put any carbon dioxide in the air. You put 25 percent of 
all the carbon dioxide in the world into the air, and your Congress 
does nothing. I think he had a pretty good point.
  While the science of global warming becomes unambiguous and 
inarguable and clear, this Congress has lined the pockets of the oil 
and gas companies with giant subsidies and done absolutely nothing 
about global warming. It is a tragedy.
  You know, we have had a lot of Republicans historically to stand up 
for the environment, such as Teddy Roosevelt; Bill Ruckelshaus, who met 
with us yesterday, who said do something about global warming. We need 
some action instead of passivity.

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