[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2512]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             CLIMATE CHANGE

  (Mr. BENISHEK asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BENISHEK. Mr. Speaker, as a lifelong resident of Northern 
Michigan, I know how important it is to protect and conserve our 
precious natural resources. Northern Michigan's economy depends on our 
Great Lakes and outdoor spaces for tourism, agriculture, and sporting 
activities.
  Generations of people in my district have grown up experiencing the 
outdoors, from the shores of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, to 
Isle Royale National Park.
  However, we need to make sure that there is a balance and that we do 
not undertake rash and unproven regulatory policies that are almost 
guaranteed to negatively impact our economy in the hope of some 
potential, and often unquantifiable, environmental gain.
  All too often, the consequence of overly burdensome regulations here 
in America is the flight of manufacturing and industry to nations such 
as China and India. Mr. Speaker, these nations simply do not have the 
same level of protections or respect for the environment that we have 
here in America.
  I fail to see how this benefits our planet's environment. I know that 
far too often the result is American citizens losing their jobs.
  I hope we can join together to find commonsense and bipartisan ways 
to continue to protect our environment.

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