[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 13242]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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  SENATE RESOLUTION 524--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING 
                         GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

  Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Reid, Mr. 
Sanders, Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
Nelson, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Warren, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. King, Ms. 
Mikulski, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Reed, Ms. 
Stabenow, and Mr. Bennet) submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works:

                              S. Res. 524

       Whereas the 2014 National Climate Assessment stated ``The 
     most recent decade was the nation's warmest on record. U.S. 
     temperatures are expected to continue to rise.'';
       Whereas the 2014 National Climate Assessment was drafted by 
     over 300 authors and extensively reviewed by the National 
     Academy of Sciences and a Federal Advisory Committee of 60 
     members;
       Whereas the United States Global Change Research Program 
     found that ``[i]n the United States, climate change has 
     already resulted in more frequent heat waves, extreme 
     precipitation, wildfires, and water scarcity'';
       Whereas the United States Global Change Research Program 
     coordinates and integrates global change research across 13 
     Government agencies including the Department of Defense, the 
     Department of State, the Department of Energy, the Department 
     of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the Department of 
     Health and Human Services, the Department of the Interior, 
     the Department of Transportation, the Environmental 
     Protection Agency, the National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration, the National Science Foundation, the 
     Smithsonian Institution, and the United States Agency for 
     International Development;
       Whereas the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review of the 
     Department of Defense of the United States stated ``The 
     pressures caused by climate change will influence resource 
     competition while placing additional burdens on economies, 
     societies, and governance institutions around the world.''; 
     and
       Whereas a Defense Science Board report concluded that 
     ``[c]limate change will only grow in concern for the United 
     States and its security interests'': Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that global 
     climate change is occurring and will continue to pose ongoing 
     risks and challenges to the people and the Government of the 
     United States.

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