[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10877]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   THE WARMEST JANUARY TO APRIL EVER

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, back in February, when Washington was slammed 
with record-breaking snowstorms, many of my Republican colleagues stood 
on this very floor and made scientific conclusions that there was not 
climate change. Many Republicans seemed to suggest Vice President Gore 
come back and build an igloo on the White House.
  Well, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has 
released information that says we had the warmest January to April 
ever, the warmest January to April ever since they started collecting 
data in 1880. And what do we get from our Republican colleagues? More 
drilling, more drilling. Not safeguards, but more drilling.
  They go out and hold a press conference and ask for more offshore 
drilling. Rather than that, they should call for more solar investment, 
rebates for Americans to have solar technology, and get us away from 
fossil fuels that are ruining the gulf and causing the greatest 
disaster we have known in the Gulf of Mexico and ecological disaster we 
have known on this Earth.
  While it's unclear what caused this tragic spill, what we can do to 
prevent future catastrophes is clear: We need to get away from fossil 
fuels. But Republicans are only interested in lining the pockets of oil 
companies and making sure that they have the opportunity to drill, 
drill, drill; spill, spill, spill. We need to stop it, and we need to 
get a policy that works.

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