[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 23]
[House]
[Page 31846]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             SUPPORT GLOBAL CLIMATE AGREEMENT IN COPENHAGEN

  (Mrs. CAPPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, the scientific consensus about whether 
humans are causing global warming is clear. Reports from the United 
Nations IPCC underscore the need for all countries to take action to 
reduce global warming pollution.
  As I speak, world leaders are meeting in Copenhagen to negotiate a 
new global climate treaty. This is a tremendous opportunity for the 
United States to lead the world in coalescing around a fair, ambitious, 
and binding climate agreement.
  We must confront the causes of global warming and manage the impacts 
of climate change, such as rising sea levels, and help developing 
countries benefit from clean energy technologies.
  Mr. Speaker, the United States has a lot to gain in Copenhagen. 
Currently, European countries generate more of their electricity than 
we do from clean alternative sources, while China is on track to become 
the world's leading maker of wind turbines by the end of this year.
  The United States can lead the world in growing a clean energy 
economy. We can create new American jobs and strengthen our national 
security while we protect our planet. We can, and we must, be the 
global clean energy leader again.
  Let's all support a fair, ambitious, and binding climate agreement in 
Copenhagen.

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