[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 18062]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          SAFE CLIMATE CAUCUS

  (Mr. CARTWRIGHT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, for far too long, Congress has failed to 
act while the impacts of climate change threaten our security, our 
economy, our budget, and the health of our citizens. In fact, the GAO 
included climate change in its high-risk report this year--meaning the 
GAO thinks it is critical for the Federal Government to address the 
financial threat posed by climate change. Whether we are talking about 
the Federal flood insurance program, whether we are talking about FEMA 
payments, climate change undeniably threatens our finances as a Nation 
and as a Federal Government.
  We have to put our partisanship aside and deal with the financial 
effects of climate change.
  That's why in the coming months, I intend to release a comprehensive 
climate adaptation bill that will address the need to protect our 
Nation's assets and our citizens from the devastation that is now 
inevitable due to our already changing climate.
  Mr. Speaker, the time has come for congressional action for our own 
good and the good of our children and our grandchildren.

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