[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 125 (Friday, September 20, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H5793]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             CLIMATE CHANGE

  (Ms. MATSUI asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. MATSUI. Madam Speaker, I rise today as a member of the Safe 
Climate Caucus to commend the release of EPA's proposed regulations to 
reduce carbon pollution from new power plants. These standards set the 
first national limits on the amount of carbon pollution that future 
power plants will be allowed to emit.
  Power plants are the largest source of carbon pollution, and these 
commonsense standards are moving us closer to mitigating the 
devastating effects of climate change.
  As extreme weather events continue to show us, the economic 
consequences of climate change are too great for us to continue to do 
nothing. By starting to rein in carbon pollution now, we are taking 
meaningful steps toward leaving a cleaner and healthy planet for future 
generations.

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