[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13224]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        IT'S TIME FOR THE HOUSE TO TAKE ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE

  (Mr. McNERNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McNERNEY. Mr. Speaker, a report released last week by the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration examined the 
relationship between climate change and the extreme weather events from 
last year. The report found compelling evidence that human-caused 
climate change contributed to many of the extreme weather events seen 
around the world last year, including some of the heat waves and 
droughts seen in the central United States, as well as elevated sea 
levels that contributed to the unprecedented level of flooding in New 
York City after Superstorm Sandy.
  The report, based on the work of 78 scientists, concluded that 
climate change has an impact on extreme weather events. These storms 
and droughts are endangering lives and livelihoods, and costing 
taxpayers billions of dollars.
  Unfortunately, we are failing to address these threats in the House 
of Representatives. The Republican majority of the House has refused to 
acknowledge the overwhelming scientific evidence that the planet's 
climate is changing, and that human activity is a major contributor to 
this change.

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