[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 24 (Thursday, February 8, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H1394]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            ENERGY SECURITY

  (Mr. SCHIFF asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Speaker, on Friday, the Intergovernmental Panel on 
Climate Change released its fourth report on the state of climate 
change science. This report is the most comprehensive, unbiased summary 
of the climate situation because it evaluates all peer-reviewed 
research published around the world and draws only the most 
conservative conclusions.
  The report found that the evidence of global warming is unequivocal, 
and that the culprit is almost certainly our emissions.
  However, this troubling scientific consensus is not acceptable to 
some, like the American Enterprise Institute, which sent a letter to 
climate scientists offering them $10,000 to write articles challenging 
the IPCC's analysis. This is an appalling attempt by vested interests 
to buy science that is more convenient for their outdated philosophy. 
However, it is also encouraging because it demonstrates just how 
desperate the climate skeptics are.
  The IPCC report is the writing on the wall. The American people are 
demanding comprehensive climate change legislation, and we can delay no 
longer.

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