[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12336]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              GLOBAL WARMING IS A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER

  (Ms. SPEIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, two-thirds of the American people believe 
that global warming is a clear and present danger, yet there are still 
Members in this House that deny it even exists.
  Fortunately, many here are working diligently to craft a bipartisan 
and commonsense energy plan that makes polluters pay, provides for 
middle class energy tax credits, and creates a new industry and lots of 
good, clean, green jobs. In the process, we will reduce our reliance on 
foreign oil from nations that mean to do us harm and put us on a path 
towards being faithful stewards of this beautiful planet that God has 
loaned us.
  But the science deniers don't care about any of that. They choose, 
instead, to twist the simple idea that polluters should pay for what 
they pollute into the same tired argument that it is somehow a tax.
  The American people are speaking loud and clear. They want Congress 
to do something about global warming. At least some of us are 
listening.

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