[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14422]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          SAFE CLIMATE CAUCUS

  (Mr. HUFFMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, we are seeing significant natural disasters 
this month, from the historic floods that are wreaking havoc across 
Colorado to the third-largest wildfire in California's history--the Rim 
fire in and around Yosemite National Park.
  These disasters have taken lives, they have driven families from 
their homes, and it will take years--and many, many millions of 
dollars--to clean up and repair all of the damage. Yes, these are 
``natural'' disasters, but that doesn't mean that we aren't culpable.
  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as well as the 
British meteorological office found in a recent study that for at least 
half of last year's worst weather events, human activities made them 
more likely and more severe. Specifically, human-influenced climate 
change had an effect on Superstorm Sandy, heat waves in the United 
States, and drought in Europe.
  But the climate deniers in Congress continue to ignore what's 
happening right in front of our eyes. We must get beyond extreme 
politics and start addressing the extreme damage of climate change.

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