[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 30, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H3312]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                             CLIMATE CHANGE

  (Ms. DEAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. DEAN. Madam Speaker, climate change is already exacting a 
dramatic toll: extreme weather, unprecedented migration, and untold 
suffering.
  Meanwhile, the administration denies basic science, and President 
Trump wants to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement.
  But the American people--and the world--reject this approach. As Pope 
Francis has written: ``We must regain the conviction that we need one 
another, that we have a shared responsibility for others and the world, 
and that being good and decent are worth it.''
  When everyone from the Pope to the Pentagon warns us that we are in a 
crisis, it is clearly time to act.
  This week we consider H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act. This 
legislation will keep us in the Paris Agreement, along with more than 
180 other countries; require the President to develop real emissions 
plans; and recommit the United States to global climate leadership.
  My eldest son and daughter are expecting a child, and I have a 7-
year-old granddaughter. I want them to know clean air and pure water.
  I also want them to understand that we did everything we could to 
protect this wondrous planet for them and for generations to come.
  I thank Representative Castor for her leadership, and I urge Members 
to support the bill.

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