[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 13, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S211]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 7. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2 proposed by Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. 
Barrasso, Mr. Risch, Mr. Lee, Mr. Flake, Mr. Daines, Mr. Manchin, Mr. 
Cassidy, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Portman, Mr. Alexander, and Mrs. Capito) to 
the bill S. 1, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the bill, add the following:

     SEC. 3. FINDINGS; SENSE OF THE SENATE.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) the combined average temperature over global land and 
     ocean surfaces of the earth has increased over the past 150 
     years, and the increase is mostly due to human activities, 
     such as burning fossil fuels;
       (2) known as climate change, this increase in temperature 
     has already begun affecting the weather in the United States;
       (3) fighting climate change requires transitioning to clean 
     energy, such as solar and wind power, and away from dirty 
     energy, such as oil and coal; and
       (4) stopping climate change will strengthen the health of 
     families by reducing local air and water pollution.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that Congress should--
       (1) take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; and
       (2) encourage other countries to reduce greenhouse gas 
     emissions.
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