[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11870]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   CLIMATE COOKS ALONG WITH THE BOOKS

  (Mr. INSLEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. INSLEE. Madam Speaker, we have known for some time that the Bush 
administration refuses to exercise any leadership in dealing with 
climate change. We now find out not only are they failing to act, they 
are cooking the books and the science involving this issue.
  We read in the New York Times this morning a White House official who 
once led the oil industry's fight against limits on greenhouse gases 
has repeatedly edited government climate reports in ways that play down 
links between such emissions and global warming, according to internal 
documents.
  Philip Cooney, White House counsel and environmental quality chief of 
staff have been cooking the books that we pay for with our tax money on 
the science of climate change; and because the administration has 
turned the government of the United States over to the oil industry 
lobbyists, they are not sharing the real science with the American 
people.
  It is one thing to debate. I suppose if you want to debate gravity, 
you can do it, but at least let Americans know what the science is in 
this regard. We are paying for this science, and the President is 
cooking the books and not sharing it with us. As a result, we find 
tundra melting in the Arctic, the glaciers disappearing in Glacier 
National Park and major changes that our kids are going to have to deal 
with.
  Madam Speaker, the Bush administration should stop cooking the books 
when it comes to climate change.

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