[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11196]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          SAFE CLIMATE CAUCUS

  (Mr. HUFFMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, after President Obama's historic 
announcement of his climate action plan 2 weeks ago, we returned home 
to our congressional districts for a week, and some of us saw record-
high temperatures and drought. Others witnessed unseasonably heavy 
rainfall and tidal flooding. And yet this week we return to a House 
that's heading in the wrong direction.
  The Energy and Commerce Committee is debating a bill that would give 
the Department of Energy veto authority over EPA's public health rules. 
The Energy and Minerals Subcommittee spent yesterday in a hearing on 
the wonders of subsidized coal production.
  Fighting climate change is the biggest imperative of our time. The 
stakes are high, and ignoring it will not make the problem go away.
  President Obama's plan is a step in the right direction, and I'm 
encouraged that EPA is moving quickly on meaningful standards for power 
plants. Strong power plant standards are an imperative if we're going 
to avert the worst impacts of climate change.
  We've got a lot of work to do, Mr. Speaker, and it's time to get this 
House headed in the right direction on climate policy.

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