[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4855]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                              WHAT WE KNOW

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Georgia (Mr. Johnson) for 2\1/2\ minutes.
  Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Madam Speaker, last week, the American 
Association for the Advancement of Sciences released a new report 
titled ``What We Know.''
  The report states unequivocally that climate change is a scientific 
fact, that human activity is linked to climate change, and that, if we 
do not act soon, the problem will get far worse and more expensive for 
us to deal with.
  This is not a super-PAC or a political association tied to a 
candidate or to a group of scientists. This is a group of scientists 
representing the leading experts in their fields, and they are speaking 
to us in one unified voice.
  In Georgia, agriculture is our State's number one industry; and yet, 
as damaging and unpredictable as the weather patterns are making life 
difficult for our farmers, Republicans in our State suggest that the 
science is not well settled.
  Madam Speaker, I hope that they get a chance to read this latest 
evidence. The science is settled. The only debate that remains is 
whether or not we will take action before it is too late.

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