[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14699]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          SAFE CLIMATE CAUCUS

  (Mr. WAXMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, the world's best scientists 
rendered a conclusive verdict: climate change is real, it is caused by 
human activity, and its consequences will be catastrophic.
  What the scientists are telling us is that evidence is now just as 
strong that carbon pollution is causing climate change as is the claim 
that cigarettes cause cancer. They are sounding the fire alarm, and the 
President is sending in the firefighters. EPA, the Energy Department, 
Interior, and the State Department are all working to bring down 
emissions and protect this planet. But here in Congress, House 
Republicans are denying the science and ignoring the scientists. They 
are living in a fantasy land and drafting bills to tie the hands of the 
rescue squad.
  This is willful ignorance. It is endangering the world our children 
and future generations will inherit. This is wrong and immoral. We must 
not become the last bastion of the Flat Earth Society. We need to act 
and we need to act now.

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