[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 92-93]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          SAFE CLIMATE CAUCUS

  (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, as we begin the second session of the 113th 
Congress, Americans all over this country are coming up with their New 
Year's resolutions for 2014. In Congress, I propose we make this the 
year we stop ignoring climate change.
  Last year, CO2 concentrations reached dangerous new 
heights in our atmosphere. We suffered through--and paid for--record-
breaking extreme weather events, and we received dire new projections 
from international scientific organizations on the threats posed by 
climate change.
  What did the Republican-led House do? It continued its anti-
environment voting record, voting 109 times in 2013 to weaken 
environmental protections.

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This behavior is reckless and irresponsible.
  Despite the gridlock in Congress, the Obama administration has been 
making progress. Under the President's leadership, the Nation has 
doubled the production of renewable energy like wind and solar, 
vehicles are more fuel efficient, and toxic air pollution for power 
plants has been cut dramatically.
  Let's work with the President this year to build off of these 
successes so that, on December 31, we can look with pride that we 
finally took action on climate change.

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