[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13104]
[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 and my colleagues, in an op-ed in The New 
York Times this morning, four former EPA administrators appeal for 
action on climate change, stating:

       The United States must move now on substantive steps to 
     curb climate change.

  I think this House could learn a thing or two from the authors of 
this article.
  These former EPA administrators worked for four Republican 
Presidents: Nixon, Reagan, George Bush, and George W. Bush. They say 
that ``there is no longer any credible scientific debate'' about 
climate change, and they also point out that our window for action is 
shrinking.
  They say they support the actions that the President is now taking 
under the Clean Air Act to reduce carbon pollution, and they call on 
Congress to start the overdue debate about what bigger steps are needed 
domestically and internationally.
  They conclude with this very powerful statement:

       The only uncertainty about our warming world is how bad the 
     changes will get, and how soon. What is most clear is that 
     there is no time to waste.

                          ____________________