[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 194 (Thursday, December 5, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H9263]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME

  (Mr. SCHNEIDER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCHNEIDER. Madam Speaker, climate change is an immediate and 
existential threat to our national security, economy, and the future we 
leave to our children.
  This is a global problem that requires urgent international 
solutions, but the Trump administration is dangerously squandering this 
crucial moment. Quite simply, we are running out of time.
  By formally beginning withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement, 
the President is ceding American leadership on climate and actively 
undermining critical efforts to curb emissions and transition to a 
clean energy economy.
  As signatory countries around the world meet this week for a 
conference in Madrid, I am introducing a resolution, joined by more 
than 100 of my House colleagues as original cosponsors, condemning the 
administration's actions. This resolution sends a strong message that 
the House opposes the President's reckless, irresponsible decision to 
abandon the climate agreement, and we stand ready to fulfill the 
commitments that our Nation made under the Paris Agreement to address 
the climate threat.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in this clear call for global action 
and critically needed U.S. leadership.

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