[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4825]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             CLIMATE CHANGE

  (Mr. WAXMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise on behalf of the Safe Climate Caucus 
to challenge the Republicans on the Energy and Commerce Committee to a 
debate on climate change.
  In the last Congress, the Republicans in our committee voted that 
climate change is a hoax. They voted 53 times to block action on 
climate change. They voted to defund research, to block action by EPA 
to control pollution, to prevent energy efficiency measures from going 
into effect, and to stop the administration from encouraging developing 
countries to do their part.
  This year, they have gone silent. They refuse to hear the views of 
our premier scientific institutions, but they won't justify their 
inaction. They won't hold hearings. They won't listen to experts. 
That's why the members of the Safe Climate Caucus are challenging them 
to come to the floor and debate us.
  We are elected to solve problems, not to ignore them. Let's have the 
debate about how to solve the climate issue.

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