[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7150]
[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 implore my colleagues to 
address the global climate process.
  A recent academic study found that 97 percent of scientists agree 
that human activity is mainly responsible for climate change. That same 
study concluded that the public has been misled into thinking that 
there is a difference in thinking among scientists on this, but 97 
percent of scientists agree that this is a problem.
  How much longer will science deniers and their supporters in Congress 
spread misinformation about the facts and the dangers of climate 
change? It is a fact that we have more carbon dioxide in our atmosphere 
than at any time in the past 3 million years.
  As a member of the Safe Climate Caucus, I urge all of my colleagues 
to recognize the dangers of climate change and to come together and 
address this problem ASAP. We don't have much time to lose.

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