[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17230]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               THE GREEN RELIGION SUPPRESSES FREE SPEECH

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the most toxic atmosphere today is the 
political climate. At the EPA, scientists are not allowed to disagree 
with the rabid dogma about climate change.
  Recently, Alan Carlin, a 35-year veteran scientist at the EPA, issued 
a report that challenged the theory of global warming. Carlin pointed 
out serious problems with the science used to draw false EPA 
conclusions. He revealed new research that contradicts dire predictions 
that mankind is destroying the world. He pointed to evidence that the 
Earth is actually cooling. The EPA suppressed the report.
  Carlin's boss warned him that he had better not talk about the report 
or disagree with the EPA's green agenda.
  The suppression of speech and information undermines the very 
foundation of self-governance. Yet there is a systematic suppression of 
information that contradicts what has become a green religion at the 
EPA.
  Thousands of scientists have challenged the claims of global warming. 
Science is supposed to be about the uncorrupted search for the truth 
and the facts. The EPA's actions are reminiscent of those who said the 
Earth was flat and persecuted the ``heretics'' who said it was round.
  And that's just the way it is.

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