[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8306]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             GLOBAL WARMING

  (Mr. BRIDENSTINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BRIDENSTINE. Mr. Speaker, global temperatures stopped rising 10 
years ago. Global temperature changes, when they exist, correlate with 
Sun output and ocean cycles.
  During the Medieval Warm Period from 800 to 1300 A.D.--long before 
cars, power plants, or the Industrial Revolution--temperatures were 
warmer than today. During the Little Ice Age from 1300 to 1900 A.D., 
temperatures were cooler. Neither of these periods were caused by any 
human activity.
  Even climate change alarmists admit that the number of hurricanes 
hitting the U.S. and the number of tornado touchdowns have been on a 
slow decline for over 100 years.
  But here's what we absolutely know. We know that Oklahoma will have 
tornadoes when the cold jet stream meets the warm gulf air. And we also 
know that this President spends 30 times as much money on global 
warming research as he does on weather forecasting and warning.
  For this gross misallocation, the people of Oklahoma are ready to 
accept the President's apology, and I intend to submit legislation to 
fix this.

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