[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 131 (Saturday, September 28, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H6010-H6011]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          SAFE CLIMATE CAUCUS

  (Mr. WAXMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, the world's best scientists 
rendered a conclusive verdict: climate change is real, it is caused by 
human activity, and its consequences will be catastrophic.
  What the scientists are telling us is that evidence is now just as 
strong that carbon pollution is causing climate change as is the claim 
that cigarettes cause cancer. They are sounding the

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fire alarm, and the President is sending in the firefighters. EPA, the 
Energy Department, Interior, and the State Department are all working 
to bring down emissions and protect this planet. But here in Congress, 
House Republicans are denying the science and ignoring the scientists. 
They are living in a fantasy land and drafting bills to tie the hands 
of the rescue squad.
  This is willful ignorance. It is endangering the world our children 
and future generations will inherit. This is wrong and immoral. We must 
not become the last bastion of the Flat Earth Society. We need to act 
and we need to act now.

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