[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 8. 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:

       After section 2, insert the following:

     SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CLIMATE CHANGE.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) climate change is solvable and urgent;
       (2) stopping climate change will improve the health of all 
     the people of the United States, especially children, the 
     elderly, and people with chronic illnesses, by reducing air 
     pollution and water pollution;
       (3) families in the United States will benefit economically 
     from transitioning to clean energy, such as solar and wind, 
     and away from dirty energy, such as oil and coal, as soon as 
     possible; and
       (4) climate change--
       (A) is real;
       (B) is mostly due to human activities; and
       (C) has already begun affecting the weather in the United 
     States.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     Congress should--
       (1) take action to reduce heat-trapping pollution; and
       (2) encourage other countries to reduce heat-trapping 
     pollution.
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