[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13323]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          SAFE CLIMATE CAUCUS

  (Mr. MORAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MORAN. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the ``Intergovernmental Panel on 
Climate Change'' report indicated that there are now dire new estimates 
for the rate of warming around the planet in the next century. The 
report represents the latest finding from the international scientific 
community that not only is the planet warming, but there is a 95 
percent certainty that that warming is being caused by human activity.
  We've known for over 100 years how greenhouse gases work in the 
atmosphere to trap heat. It's basic physics. We also know that 
atmospheric concentrations of heat-trapping gases have been rising, 
based on decades of direct measurements. As we directly track and 
measure the human activities that release heat-trapping gases, such as 
burning fossil fuels, we understand we are responsible.
  Unfortunately, there are some politicians in this body that are 
content to ignore the overwhelming scientific consensus. That's being 
done at the bidding of the oil and gas lobby. The House of 
Representatives has to listen to these experts and take action on 
climate change.

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