[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 181 (Monday, December 14, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S8624]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     PARIS CLIMATE CHANGE AGREEMENT

  Mr. REID. Madam President, this past weekend President Obama and the 
United States took yet another historic step in addressing climate 
change. The landmark agreement forged in Paris by the United States and 
about 200 other nations will go far in protecting our planet for future 
generations.
  Climate change poses one of the greatest threats our world has ever 
known. Here in the United States, we are beginning to see the 
devastation caused by all kinds of things--in the Western part of the 
United States, raging wildfires that we have never, ever seen before; 
in arid places like Nevada and in very, very non-arid places like in 
the mountains of California, Washington, and Oregon, rising sea levels; 
our military bases, coastal bases--those in Virginia and Florida--are 
feeling this impact, changing operation of the bases, with extreme 
weather and droughts. Now is the time to act to stem the tide of 
climate change.
  I applaud President Obama for his work on this issue. His leadership 
has inspired the international community to address climate change and 
its catastrophic effects.

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