[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 185 (Thursday, December 10, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H14448]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              CLIMATEGATE

  (Mr. QUIGLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Speaker, scientists at the Climate Research Unit in 
eastern England have received more attention than their subject of 
study, global warming. Climategate, as it was dubbed, has been the 
focus of rampant speculation.
  As some accuse these scientists of manipulating figures to conclude 
that global warming was man-made, we forget that polar ice caps are 
melting, and that we're hitting threshold points that cannot be 
reversed. We're forgetting that over 200 peer-reviewed, scientific 
studies have determined that global warming is real; and that man 
significantly contributes to global warming; and that zero peer-
reviewed scientific studies have determined that global warming is not 
real; and that man does not contribute to that.
  Today, over 1,700 scientists from the UK announced their belief that 
global warming is real and that man contributes to this. Congress must 
send climate legislation to the President for approval. And the United 
States must agree to a final and meaningful treaty this week in 
Copenhagen that binds countries to commit to reduce emissions.

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