[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1743]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             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, the evidence for climate change is 
overwhelming, be it superstorms, megadroughts, migration of biological 
systems, the disappearance of historic glaciers, ocean acidification, 
or the melting of the polar ice cap. The potential for catastrophic 
change grows every year.
  Unfortunately, House Republicans continue to push legislation that 
exacerbates climate change. Last year, Republicans reduced funding for 
the clean energy technologies, interfered with R&D at the Department of 
Energy, and prevented the EPA from addressing carbon emissions.
  Our economy is expected to grow this year; and with that growth, 
carbon emissions will rise. The United States is a leader in technology 
and innovation. We should use this leadership as an opportunity to 
foster cooperation between public and private interests, to work 
together to provide low-cost, clean energy. Instead, it has been used 
by the House Republicans to bludgeon the EPA and to roll back the 
environmental gains of the past half century.

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