[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4824]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               EARTH DAY

  (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, this Friday, April 22, is Earth Day, a 
time to remember our responsibility to be good stewards of this planet 
and our urgent responsibility to respond to global climate change.
  Ninety-seven percent of climate scientists agree that human activity 
is causing global warming. The evidence is all around us. The last 11 
months have been the hottest such months on record. Sea levels have 
risen more than half a foot in the last century. Glaciers around the 
world are in retreat.
  We cannot afford to ignore this any longer. It is critical that 
Congress take up legislation to address the dangers of climate change 
and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
  We have to end the subsidies to Big Oil companies, take up the Clean 
Ocean and Safe Tourism Anti-Drilling Act, which my colleague, Mr. 
Pallone, has introduced, take up H.R. 1814 to permanently reauthorize 
the Land and Conservation Fund, and work together to respond to this 
urgent challenge.
  History will not judge this Chamber kindly if we fail to act. All of 
us have a responsibility to address the threat of climate change before 
it is too late.

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