[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14574]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             CLIMATE CHANGE

  (Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today as a member of the 
Safe Climate Caucus.
  How much longer will the Republicans deny the science of climate 
change? Today, the world's leading climate change scientists say that 
it is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause 
of climate change. In fact, just reading last night in the BBC, there's 
an article about a U.N. report that finds that, with 95 percent 
certainty, mankind has contributed mightily to climate change.
  Last week, scientists from Stanford and Purdue Universities found 
that the eastern and central United States will likely see more severe 
weather by the middle of this century due to climate change. Despite 
this overwhelming evidence, Republicans proudly proclaim themselves as 
science deniers. When will my colleagues take their heads out of the 
sand and work with Democrats to preserve our climate and economy for 
the future?

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