[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 19 (Tuesday, February 2, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S502]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3200. Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Schatz, and Mr. 
Sanders) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 
2953 proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to provide for the 
modernization of the energy policy of the United States, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING ACTIVITIES OF 
                   CERTAIN COMPANIES.

       (a) Sense of the Senate Regarding Tobacco Companies.--It is 
     the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) according to peer-reviewed scientific research and 
     Federal courts, tobacco companies have long known about the 
     harmful health effects of their products; and
       (2) contrary to the scientific findings of the tobacco 
     companies and of others about the danger tobacco poses to 
     human health, tobacco companies--
       (A) used a sophisticated and deceitful campaign that 
     included funding think tanks to deny, counter, and obstruct 
     peer-reviewed science; and
       (B) used that misinformation campaign to mislead the public 
     and cast doubt in order to protect their financial interest.
       (b) Sense of the Senate Regarding Lead-related 
     Manufacturers.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) according to peer-reviewed scientific research and 
     State courts, the harmful effects of lead in paint and other 
     products were known to the paint industry, gasoline 
     manufacturers, and lead producers throughout the 20th 
     century; and
       (2) contrary to the scientific findings of those companies 
     and of others about the danger lead poses to human health, 
     those companies--
       (A) used a sophisticated and deceitful campaign that 
     included funding think tanks to deny, counter, and obstruct 
     peer-reviewed research; and
       (B) used that misinformation campaign to mislead the public 
     and cast doubt in order to protect their financial interest.
       (c) Sense of the Senate Regarding Fossil Fuel Companies.--
     It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) according to peer-reviewed scientific research and 
     investigative reporting, fossil fuel companies have long 
     known about the harmful climate effects of their products; 
     and
       (2) contrary to the scientific findings of the fossil fuel 
     companies and of others about the danger fossil fuels pose to 
     the climate, fossil fuel companies--
       (A) used a sophisticated and deceitful campaign that 
     included funding think tanks to deny, counter, and obstruct 
     peer-reviewed research; and
       (B) used that misinformation campaign to mislead the public 
     and cast doubt in order to protect their financial interest?.
       (d) Sense of the Senate Regarding Certain Corporations.--It 
     is the sense of the Senate that the Senate--
       (1) disapproves of activities by certain corporations and 
     organizations funded by those corporations to deliberately 
     undermine peer-reviewed scientific research about the dangers 
     of their products and cast doubt on science in order to 
     protect their financial interests; and
       (2) urges fossil fuel companies to cooperate with active or 
     future investigations into their climate-change related 
     activities and what the companies knew and when they knew it.
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