[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 61 (Wednesday, April 20, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H1861]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
EARTH DAY
(Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House
for 1 minute.)
Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, this Friday, April 22, is Earth Day, a
time to remember our responsibility to be good stewards of this planet
and our urgent responsibility to respond to global climate change.
Ninety-seven percent of climate scientists agree that human activity
is causing global warming. The evidence is all around us. The last 11
months have been the hottest such months on record. Sea levels have
risen more than half a foot in the last century. Glaciers around the
world are in retreat.
We cannot afford to ignore this any longer. It is critical that
Congress take up legislation to address the dangers of climate change
and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
We have to end the subsidies to Big Oil companies, take up the Clean
Ocean and Safe Tourism Anti-Drilling Act, which my colleague, Mr.
Pallone, has introduced, take up H.R. 1814 to permanently reauthorize
the Land and Conservation Fund, and work together to respond to this
urgent challenge.
History will not judge this Chamber kindly if we fail to act. All of
us have a responsibility to address the threat of climate change before
it is too late.
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