[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 30 (Monday, March 4, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H939]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    CLEAN ENERGY AND EXTREME WEATHER

  (Mr. GARAMENDI asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, the climate is changing. Climate change 
is very, very real. You only have to look at the superstorms we have 
had, Sandy and others, and the $180 billion of destruction that has 
been wrought upon us from the environment just over the last 2 years.
  The climate is changing, and there's something we can do about it. In 
fact, there's something this House of Representatives must do about it, 
and that is to move forcefully, directly, and aggressively to clean 
energy policies. We ought to be subsidizing those clean energy systems 
that are out there--solar and wind.
  In my own district in Solano County, we have one of the biggest wind 
farms. My own history goes back to 1978, when I authored legislation 
for State tax credits. We can and we must deal with climate change, and 
we can do it with clean energy policies.

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