[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 133 (Wednesday, September 17, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H7629]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          SAFE CLIMATE CAUCUS

  (Mrs. CAPPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPPS. Madam Speaker, I rise to add my voice to the thousands of 
citizens who will soon descend upon New York City to call for action to 
combat climate change. The first-ever People's Climate March will 
demonstrate robust support for climate action ahead of the United 
Nations climate summit next Tuesday.
  Climate change is the defining challenge of our time. It threatens 
our economy and our way of life in countless ways through catastrophic 
wildfires, through severe storms and rising seas; and in my home State 
of California, one of the worst droughts on record threatens water 
supplies for drinking water and irrigation of valuable crops. This year 
alone, the drought will cost the agricultural sector $2.2 billion 
dollars and over 17,000 jobs.
  Our Nation is taking positive steps to curb harmful carbon emissions, 
but there is so much more work that needs to be done. We can't wait any 
longer. Our children and our grandchildren are depending upon it.

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