May 1, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3351 COMMUNICATION FROM THE from Massachusetts is recognized for 1 out their crops. Rainfall that once ran CLERK OF THE HOUSE hour. like clockwork has given way to The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, for droughts that could wipe out their en- COSTA) laid before the House the fol- the purpose of debate only, I yield the tire profits. lowing communication from the Clerk customary 30 minutes to the gentle- They don’t question what is going on. of the House of Representatives: woman from Arizona (Mrs. LESKO), They are not debating the science of pending which I yield myself such time whether climate change is real. They OFFICE OF THE CLERK, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, as I may consume. During consider- know. They know. Washingotn, DC, April 30, 2019. ation of this resolution, all time yield- b 1230 Hon. NANCY PELOSI, ed is for the purpose of debate only. The Speaker, House of Representatives, GENERAL LEAVE They can see it, seemingly every day as it impacts their livelihoods. I wish Washington, DC. Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I ask DEAR MADAM SPEAKER: Pursuant to the unanimous consent that all Members the Republicans took climate change permission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II may have 5 legislative days in which to as seriously. But instead of treating it of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representa- as a threat, they treat it as a punch tives, the Clerk received the following mes- revise and extend their remarks. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there line. sage from the Secretary of the Senate on A Republican Senator once brought a April 30, 2019, at 4:33 p.m.: objection to the request of the gen- That the Senate passed without amend- tleman from Massachusetts? snowball onto the Senate floor, trying ment H.R. 1222. There was no objection. to prove that climate change isn’t real With best wishes, I am, Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, on because it still snows sometimes. You Sincerely, Monday, the Rules Committee met and can’t make this stuff up. CHERYL L. JOHNSON. reported a rule, House Resolution 329. Just the other day, President Trump f It provides for the consideration of mocked clean energy by suggesting PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION H.R. 9 under a structured rule that that windmills cause cancer. Are you OF H.R. 9, CLIMATE ACTION NOW makes 30 amendments in order. kidding me? That is the President of ACT It also provides for 90 minutes of gen- the United States. eral debate, with the chair and the I won’t pretend to know what goes on Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, by di- in the President’s head, but I know rection of the Committee on Rules, I ranking minority member of the Com- mittee on Foreign Affairs controlling this: His announcement in June 2017 call up House Resolution 329 and ask that he would be pulling the United for its immediate consideration. 60 minutes, and the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on States out of the Paris climate agree- The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- ment was indefensible. lows: Energy and Commerce controlling 30 minutes. This agreement set an ambitious goal H. RES. 329 Mr. Speaker, the measure we are con- of keeping warming below 2 degrees Resolved, That at any time after adoption sidering today makes clear that under Celsius and established binding com- of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant this Democratic majority science is mitments for countries to meet to re- to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the duce emissions. It recognized climate House resolved into the Committee of the once again respected here in the House Whole House on the state of the Union for of Representatives, that facts matter, change is a global problem that re- consideration of the bill (H.R. 9) to direct the and that the word of the fossil fuel quires a global solution. President to develop a plan for the United lobby is not going to rule the day, be- If the President gets his way and ac- States to meet its nationally determined cause there is no debate on our side tually withdraws the United States, we contribution under the Paris Agreement, and about something as basic as climate would stand alone as one of the only for other purposes. The first reading of the change. nations in the world not to be part of bill shall be dispensed with. All points of The evidence is overwhelming. It is it. Even Syria, a nation embroiled in order against consideration of the bill are happening, Mr. Speaker, and human war, announced that it would sign on. waived. General debate shall be confined to Thankfully, we are not out of it yet, the bill and shall not exceed 90 minutes, with beings are playing a defining role. 60 minutes equally divided and controlled by Now, you don’t have to take my word but we could be starting as early as the chair and ranking minority member of for it. You can ask virtually any sci- 2020. the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 30 entist working in the field today, be- H.R. 9 would ensure the President minutes equally divided and controlled by cause 97 percent of all climate sci- wouldn’t get his way by requiring him the chair and ranking minority member of entists agree that it is happening—97 to develop a plan to meet our commit- the Committee on Energy and Commerce. percent. ments under the Paris Agreement. After general debate the bill shall be consid- There is a United Nations body It is called the Climate Action Now ered for amendment under the five-minute Act because we can’t wait, Mr. Speak- rule. The bill shall be considered as read. All charged with looking at the science points of order against provisions in the bill here called the Intergovernmental er. Climate change isn’t some far-off are waived. No amendment to the bill shall Panel on Climate Change. threat. It is not a problem for our be in order except those printed in the report Do you know what it has found? That great-grandchildren or even our grand- of the Committee on Rules accompanying the evidence is unequivocal. children to solve. It is our problem. It this resolution. Each such amendment may The facts are as clear as day. is here today, impacting our Nation be offered only in the order printed in the re- But you don’t even need to read the and our future. port, may be offered only by a Member des- report to know that something is hap- It is not just about the weather. Cli- ignated in the report, shall be considered as pening here. Just look out your win- mate change also negatively impacts read, shall be debatable for the time speci- fied in the report equally divided and con- dow. Once-in-a-generation hurricanes public health and our national secu- trolled by the proponent and an opponent, are becoming commonplace; record- rity. Experts have even developed a shall not be subject to amendment, and shall breaking storms are becoming the new term to describe those displaced not be subject to a demand for division of the norm; and drastic temperature swings by its destructive impacts, ‘‘American question in the House or in the Committee of are now just the way it is. climate refugees.’’ the Whole. All points of order against such My district is home to more than This is not the time for handwringing amendments are waived. At the conclusion 1,800 farms, and I visit with farmers or indecisiveness and not the time to of consideration of the bill for amendment often. Climate change isn’t just an let the fossil fuel industry that funds the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with such amendments as may issue on their minds; it is sometimes some campaigns outweigh the facts. It have been adopted. The previous question the top issue on their minds when they is certainly not the time for more shall be considered as ordered on the bill and are asked about the challenges that stunts or snowballs on the floor. amendments thereto to final passage with- they face. This is the time to act boldly, to lis- out intervening motion except one motion to These farmers have told me about ten to what the scientists are telling recommit with or without instructions. how heat waves disrupt what was once us, and to protect our planet for future The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. TED a reliable growing season and how un- generations. That is what H.R. 9 is all LIEU of California). The gentleman expected frosts have completely wiped about.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:16 May 02, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K01MY7.016 H01MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK3G9T082PROD with HOUSE H3352 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 1, 2019 I ask my colleagues to let the facts without a full view of the costs to Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, climate rule the day once again in the people’s American consumers, and, certainly, change is already wreaking economic House of Representatives. Let’s sup- without a strategy that had broad bi- and security havoc: deep freezes; an in- port this rule and the underlying legis- partisan support of Congress. credible 5 feet of water dumped on lation and send an undeniable message If H.R. 9 were enacted into law, it Houston, Texas, by a hurricane; in that, under this majority, we value would put the United States into a po- other areas, droughts, amazing science and recognize the urgent need sition where it could not enforce any wildfires, and extensive disease. to act on climate change. other country’s action and would put What we need is alternative energy, Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of us at a disadvantage. not Trump ‘‘alternative facts,’’ and de- my time. I have heard from some of my Demo- cisions that are based on science, not Mrs. LESKO. Mr. Speaker, I thank cratic colleagues that their energy on mythology. President Trump’s re- Chairman MCGOVERN for yielding me policies are good for consumers, that it jection of sound climate change facts the customary 30 minutes, and I yield creates many jobs and benefits the only makes Chinese clean energy great myself such time as I may consume. economy. When they argue this, they again. Mr. Speaker, we find ourselves on the point to States like California, with We need to lead on the road to clean floor, yet again, to consider a rule for their renewable energy mandates. green energy, not get run over. Fight- a piece of legislation that is nothing However, California finds itself in the ing climate change is an existential more than another messaging bill precarious situation where it actually challenge, but it is also an amazing against the President of the United pays Arizona to take their energy. This economic opportunity. We can create States. is not good energy or economic policy. green jobs right here with technology This new Democratic majority has If Democrats were serious about solv- that is exported to the world, instead spent nearly 20 percent—20 percent—of ing big problems for the American peo- of letting our international competi- the time debating bills on the floor ple, they would partner and work tors prevail. that are nonbinding messaging pieces across the aisle to find bipartisan solu- Recommitting to the Paris climate of legislation. H.R. 9 is just another ex- tions that they knew would have a agreement is more than bipartisan. It ample of this majority’s intent on mes- chance to pass in the U.S. Senate and is joining 2,000 American businesses. It saging against the President and the be signed by the President. is joining 23 States. It is joining cities lack of any true agenda for the Amer- Mr. Speaker, I urge opposition to the across America, like San Antonio and ican people. rule, and I reserve the balance of my Austin, that have already pledged that The reality is that we all want clean time. they want climate action, not more air, clean water, and a healthy environ- Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield nonsense and climate denying. ment. Who doesn’t? However, this bill myself such time as I may consume. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The isn’t the solution. Before I yield to the gentleman from time of the gentleman has expired. Addressing environmental policy Texas, let me make a couple of points. Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield should not include extreme policies First of all, just so the RECORD is an additional 30 seconds to the gen- like the Green New Deal, nor should it clear, under President Trump’s poli- tleman from Texas. involve binding ourselves to inter- cies, which are now taking effect and Mr. DOGGETT. It is joining 21 senior national agreements that put the are now reversing some of the advances Defense officials who identify climate United States at a disadvantage to its that we made under previous adminis- change action as a way to address a main security and economic competi- trations, basically, these policies have major national security challenge. tors in the world, and with no regard to consequences. In 2018, our emissions President Trump continues to block cost for American consumers and rate- rose by 3.4 percent. We are going in the meaningful environmental action by payers. wrong direction. clogging the corridors of power with Republicans have a better approach. When the gentlewoman talks about fossil fuel industry cheerleaders. A We can protect our environment by all these other alternative energy Green New Deal is an alternative to promoting policies favoring clean en- sources that are clean and green that the same old dirty deal threatening our ergy, like nuclear, hydropower, natural my Republican friends support, she ne- planet with dark money, where the gas, wind, solar, and carbon capture, glects to point out that this President only thing green is that money clog- and removing barriers to the deploy- hasn’t seen a fossil fuel that he hasn’t ging and polluting our democracy. ment of new technologies and innova- wanted to embrace. In fact, he wants to Climate action does bear some costs, tion. go back and invest more in coal, which but inaction has even greater costs. The United States is already leading is hard to believe, given all the sci- Let’s embrace the simple truth that the world in reducing greenhouse gas entific evidence that exists about the preserving the Earth is worth it. Let’s emissions through innovation and dangers of coal for our atmosphere. embrace an America that is leading on technological development. Between There is no question where this a green economic revolution. 2000 and 2014, in fact, the U.S. reduced President is coming from. He doesn’t Mrs. LESKO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 emissions more than 18 percent. believe in climate change, and that is minutes to the gentleman from Lou- We should be focused on continuing what is so shocking, that the whole isiana (Mr. SCALISE), my good friend to reduce emissions, developing and ex- world, the scientific community all and the Republican whip. porting clean energy technologies, and over the world, has warned us time and Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, I thank making our communities more resil- time again that this is a real problem, my colleague from Arizona for yielding ient, all while ensuring affordable and and we have a President who doesn’t and for leading on this issue for the reliable energy prices and prioritizing believe it. It is stunning. It is stunning, economy of the United States of Amer- the consumer and American security but that is what we are dealing with. ica and for hardworking families. and prosperity. Basically, this is an attempt to try If you look at what getting back in We have serious questions concerning to get us back on the right track, to the Paris accord would do, Mr. Speak- costs, effectiveness, and the feasibility take this problem, which is already er, it would wreck our economy in of the U.S. commitments made by the having significant negative con- many different ways. Obama administration under the Paris sequences in our country, and do some- The people hardest hit by the United Agreement 4 years ago. Even then-Sec- thing about it. States getting back in the Paris accord retary of State Kerry noted during the It is time to come together and tell are the very people who don’t need to Paris negotiations that if the United the President, who doesn’t believe in be hit the most, those with the lowest States cut its CO2 emissions to zero, it science, that science is real, that it is income in our country, because it would still not offset the emissions something we ought to take seriously, would increase energy costs. By out- coming from the rest of the world. and that we ought to do something side estimates, this bill, complying The Obama administration’s commit- about it. with the unachievable requirements ments in Paris were made without a Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the that they have in this bill, would cost clear plan to meet those promises, gentleman from Texas (Mr. DOGGETT). up to 2.7 million American jobs.

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By the way, why don’t we look at the Climate Assessment, by 2090, lost Ineffective though it may be, the bill countries that are begging us to get wages will reach $155 billion, mortality does nothing to address the serious back into the Paris accord? Not one of from extreme temperatures will sur- fundamental flaws in the Paris Agree- the countries in the entire European pass $140 billion, and coastal property ment, nor does it offer any substantial Union is in compliance with the damage will approach $120 billion. All legislation to consider the problem of unachievable targets set in the Paris told, the U.S. economy could lose more our own changing climate. accord. In fact, France, which Paris is than 10 percent of its GDP under the Instead, like many other bills the in, is not even in compliance with the worst-case scenario. majority has offered in Congress, to- target. So people can deny that this is a day’s legislation is all talk, no action. Then they tell us: Hey, America, why problem all they want, but they do so It is simply another messaging bill to don’t you come into this thing, this at great economic risk for our country allow the majority to go on record in disaster of an agreement that none of and for other economies around the opposition to President Trump. That is the countries in Europe are in compli- world. not legislating. ance with? Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to Madam Speaker, it didn’t have to be Then you look at what it would do, the gentlewoman from Washington this way. We had an opportunity to im- again, to wreck America’s economy. (Ms. DELBENE). prove this bill both at the committees Let’s talk about carbon emissions. If Ms. DELBENE. Madam Speaker, I rise of jurisdiction and again at the Rules this is really about carbon emissions, in support of H.R. 9, the Climate Ac- Committee this week, and we could like the Green New Deal and other tion Now Act. have made the bill better if we had crazy ideas that would wreck the Washington’s First District is home made more amendments from both American economy, get rid of fossil to some of our Nation’s most beautiful sides of the aisle in order for consider- fuels. You don’t have to fly around on parks, mountains, and waterways, and ation on the floor. Legislating is better planes anymore. You don’t have to we are already seeing the consequences and more effective when all Members worry about missing a flight because of climate change: can have their ideas considered before there wouldn’t be any flights. That is Snowpack in the north Cascades is final passage. how ludicrous their ideas are, yet they currently 20 to 40 percent below normal Making more amendments in order is believe in them. amounts; a pledge that we have heard time and They all do this under the guise of Last year, wildfires ravaged the West time again from my good friend and carbon emissions. As they say on the Coast, resulting in poor air quality and my good chairman, Mr. MCGOVERN, so other side, climate action does have public health issues; it is unfortunate that this rule misses some cost. Let’s talk about that cost: Washington State just had the sec- a perfect opportunity to have robust $250 billion in higher taxes, as well as ond driest March on record, and there debate on ideas from both sides of the lower wages for American families. is a greater likelihood of more fires aisle. You wonder why they are rioting in through the summer. At the Rules Committee Monday the streets of France. In Paris, where This is why Congress must take ac- night, 91 amendments were proposed the accord was signed, they are having tion and pass H.R. 9. We need to be and considered. Of those, 45 were pro- riots over this radical idea. By the moving forward, not backward. posed by Democrats, 44 by Republicans, way, again, they are not even in com- President Trump’s statement of in- and 2 were bipartisan. Of the 44 Repub- pliance with it. tent to withdraw from the Paris cli- lican amendments, 35 had no points of Then you look at where these jobs mate agreement is a grave mistake order against them or any parliamen- would go. The jobs would go to China that would have lasting effects on our tary issues, yet when the final rule was and India, which are not only exempt, planet and our economy. proposed and passed out of committee, Mr. Speaker, but those countries actu- H.R. 9 is an important step forward, it made in order 30 amendments: 1 bi- ally emit four or five times more car- ensuring the United States upholds our partisan amendment, 26 Democratic bon than we do here because we have commitments under the agreement and amendments, and just 3 Republican good environmental standards in leads in the green economy. amendments. America. Madam Speaker, I urge my col- Is that really how the majority wants leagues to vote ‘‘yes’’ on the rule and to operate going forward, 58 percent of b 1245 the underlying legislation. the Democratic amendments allowed We have been decreasing our carbon Mrs. LESKO. Madam Speaker, I yield to come to the floor, but just 6 percent emissions in America. In fact, we have 4 minutes to the gentleman from Okla- of the Republican amendments and just decreased our carbon emissions down homa (Mr. COLE), my good friend and 8 percent without points of order? That to the level that they were at in the the ranking member of the Rules Com- is an abysmal result. year 2000. mittee. For example, my good friend RODNEY We are doing it not by signing some Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I thank DAVIS of Illinois proposed an amend- radical job-killing accord; we are doing my very good friend, Mrs. LESKO, for ment that simply would have noted it through American ingenuity, some- yielding. that the 2018 farm bill is relevant to thing we have always celebrated in this Well, we are here again, Madam achieving the goals of reducing green- country, something that we are the Speaker, on yet another bill that isn’t house gas emissions and would have re- world leader at. going to pass the Senate, isn’t going to quired the President to add the Com- Why would we want to give that ad- become law, and doesn’t really do any- mittee on Agriculture to any reports vantage away? And not just giving it thing. he sends on this topic to the Foreign away in the name of saving the planet, As they have done over and over Affairs and Energy and Commerce giving it away to countries like China again over the past few months, my Committees. This is a commonsense and India, who are increasing carbon Democratic friends seem content to amendment that takes into account emissions dramatically higher than us. bring up virtue-signaling messaging the role agriculture can play in reduc- This is a disaster for our economy. bills as a substitute for passing real bi- ing greenhouse gas emissions, yet the We need to reject this bad deal. partisan legislation to solve problems amendment was blocked from consider- Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I facing the American people. ation on the floor. yield myself such time as I may con- Today’s bill purports to force the What is the harm, I ask, in debating sume. President to return the United States that amendment here on the floor and

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But I will point out and the Democratic majority of the carbon emission-free nuclear power and for the record that the committee has House Rules Committee received a other forms of renewable energy with made in order 30 amendments, a total total of 91 amendments submitted for zero emissions, like hydropower, could of 31 pages of amendments on a 6-page consideration on the legislation that contribute to meeting the United bill. we have before us, and as you just States’ obligation under the Paris I think we have a long way to go to heard from Mr. COLE, of the 45 Demo- Agreement. achieve the record of closed rules that cratic amendments, more than half It seems logical to me that, when you the previous Congress had, well over were made in order, 26 of those; but of are seeking to reduce greenhouse gas 100 closed rules. That broke, I think, the 44 Republican amendments sub- emissions, using energy sources that every closed rule record in history. We mitted for consideration, only 3—let are emission-free makes sense, yet the certainly don’t want to get there, but me repeat that—3 of those were made majority didn’t even want to discuss we need to continue to figure out ways in order. that on the floor and blocked both of we can be more accommodating, and he Myself, I offered 2 of those 44 amend- Dr. BURGESS’ amendments. What harm has my word that I will do that. ments. They were noncontroversial. was there in discussing them? Madam Speaker, I yield 11⁄2 minutes They were ruled germane to the legis- I could go on and on, but the reality to the gentlewoman from Maine (Ms. lation before us by the House Parlia- is that the majority has used its power PINGREE). mentarian, and all they did, simply, at the Rules Committee to block con- Ms. PINGREE. Madam Speaker, I was recognize the clean, renewable ben- sideration of dozens of amendments thank Mr. MCGOVERN for his good work efits of hydropower and the clean emis- that could have and should have been and for yielding me the time. sions-free benefits of nuclear power, discussed on the floor. Greenhouse gas emissions did not but Chairman MCGOVERN and his com- When the Democrats took majority happen in isolation. They have wide- mittee refused to allow this recogni- control in the House, they promised a spread impact and will not be curbed tion. more inclusive process with more mi- without global coordination. The So we have got to ask ourselves, nority voices heard, more Republican Obama administration understood that Madam Speaker: amendments considered. fact, and that is why they entered Why? Why, if we are supposedly here The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. CAS- America into an international compact to debate policy affecting our environ- TOR of Florida). The time of the gen- to curb emissions on a global scale. ment and our climate, why would they tleman has expired. When the Trump administration re- not want to discuss the clean energy Mrs. LESKO. Madam Speaker, I yield treated from the Paris accord last that comes from hydroelectric dams an additional 2 minutes to the gen- year, it meant the effects of climate like those in my district along the Co- tleman from Oklahoma (Mr. COLE). change would only get worse in my lumbia and Snake Rivers? Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I thank home State of Maine. In Maine, cli- Why would they not want to discuss the gentlewoman for yielding me addi- mate change isn’t an abstraction, it is the emissions-free energy produced by tional time. not a silly floor debate that has no nuclear power plants like the Columbia When the Democrats took majority meaning. It is a very real threat to our Generating Station in my district in control of the House, they promised a economy and to our way of life. central Washington. more inclusive process, more minority I recently met with farmers in my voices heard, more Republican amend- State who told me climate change is It is because the efforts put forward ments considered. If today’s action is here now and we need real solutions to by Democrats in the House, be it the any indication, we have a long way to adapt and to mitigate. flawed Paris agreement legislation go in making that promise a reality. I met with climate scientists from that is before us or the radical Green Instead, we are moving forward with a the University of Maine who told me New Deal proposal—which, I might deeply flawed bill that could and invasive species are threatening the add, has no mention of hydropower and should have been improved through the livelihoods of our foresters. actually calls for the end of nuclear amendment process. I also met with shellfish growers and power in our Nation—have nothing to I have been a member of the Rules harvesters who are grappling with the do with science and everything to do Committee for a long time, including effects of ocean acidification, of ex- with politics. many years in the majority. It is fair treme weather events, and of the very The majority party, the Democrats, to ask: How did we do when we were in real fact that the Gulf of Maine is with these proposals, is more focused the majority? Let’s look at the record. warming faster than 95 percent of the on pushing a mandated top-down sys- In the 115th Congress, under Repub- Earth’s other waters. tem that will inevitably do nothing to lican control of the Rules Committee, This is real, and I don’t want my help our environment. 45 percent of the amendments made in grandchildren looking back and saying: What we should be doing, and what order were Democratic, 38 percent were ‘‘Why didn’t Congress fix the problem my Republican colleagues continue to Republican, 17 percent were bipartisan. when they could?’’ advocate for, is focusing on the free The statistics for today’s rule is a far H.R. 9 is the first piece of positive market approach spurred by collabora- cry from the fairness of that record. climate change legislation to receive a tion and innovation between our na- If the majority truly wants to ad- vote in the House in years. The bill will tional laboratories, research univer- dress the environment and wants to reaffirm America’s commitment to sities, Federal partners, and the pri- legislate, then we can all certainly do fighting climate change and will put vate sector. better than the bill before us today, this Congress on a course to take on Madam Speaker, I would say to my and we can do better than the process the climate crisis before it is too late. friend Mr. MCGOVERN that, when Re- we saw with this bill. All Members Mrs. LESKO. Madam Speaker, I yield publicans were in the majority, we should have an opportunity to be 3 minutes to the gentleman from Wash- made a conscientious effort on the heard, and we should all have an oppor- ington (Mr. NEWHOUSE), my good Rules Committee to provide equitable tunity to make the bill better today. friend. treatment of amendments offered to Madam Speaker, I urge opposition to Mr. NEWHOUSE. Madam Speaker, I legislation. With the process before us the rule and the underlying legislation. thank the gentlewoman from Arizona today, it is disappointing to see the Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I for yielding. chairman not following in that good yield myself such time as I may con- Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition faith effort, and I would urge a ‘‘no’’ sume. to the rule that is before us today. As vote.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:06 May 02, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K01MY7.023 H01MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK3G9T082PROD with HOUSE May 1, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3355 b 1300 Mrs. LESKO. Madam Speaker, I yield ing. We are already seeing the negative Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I 2 minutes to the gentleman from Penn- impacts on our economy because of cli- yield myself such time as I may con- sylvania (Mr. KELLY), my good friend. mate change. It is hard to believe that sume. Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania. Madam we are having a debate on the floor of Madam Speaker, oh my God, just lis- Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for the House of Representatives where tening to the gentleman from Wash- yielding. people are denying that climate change ington State give his remarks. He was Madam Speaker, I rise today in is a real threat or that our constitu- on the Rules Committee when the Re- strong opposition to H.R. 9. ents somehow don’t care about this publicans were in charge last time and Madam Speaker, if we are really issue, which they do. voted for a record number of 103 closed going to speak about what makes And just one other thing. I want to rules. That meant that not a single sense, what doesn’t make sense, or make sure that the RECORD is clear on amendment, Republican or Democrat, what does have a relevance, let’s not process. This bill went through two could be made in order. Never once, forget about who bears the brunt of the committee hearings—Foreign Affairs never once, did I hear him express res- cost of what we are talking about. It is and Energy and Commerce—and two ervation about the historic closed proc- hardworking Americans. markups before it went to the Rules ess that the Republicans embraced. I find it interesting that we talk Committee where we granted a struc- And as far as his amendment goes, as about: Well, do you know what, you tured rule and we are having a debate the gentleman knows, the Paris cli- guys did stuff the last time that pre- here on the floor. That is called regular mate agreement operates under the vented us from getting amendments in, order. I know some of my Republican theory that parties should be able to so we are following along with the friends don’t know what regular order satisfy their compliance plans any way same thing. I have great respect for the is, because when they were in charge they choose. There are neither pre- chairman of the Rules Committee, but bills routinely came to the Rules Com- ferred nor prohibited ways to reduce I have to say that if the whole purpose mittee that bypassed committees of ju- emissions. of this is what I think it is, then I risdiction and then were closed up and Since the Paris Agreement is fuel would like to go back to the actual be- sent to the floor with no amendments and technology neutral, we think this ginning where this should have been at all. bill should be too. But I just find it treated as a treaty and it should have Madam Speaker, I yield 11⁄2 minutes hard to sit here and to listen with any gotten the advice and consent of the to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. level of seriousness to the gentleman’s Senate. Why did President Obama not SCHAKOWSKY), the distinguished chair- complaints. When he was on the Rules do that? Obviously, he did it because he woman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, they broke every record in couldn’t get the advice and consent of Subcommittee on Consumer Protection the history of Congress being the most the Senate, so he decided to do it this and Commerce. closed Congress in the history of our way. Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Madam Speaker, country. Can we do better? Yes, we can, If our whole job in coming to the peo- I thank the gentleman for yielding. and we should do better. ple’s House is to defend the American Madam Speaker, I rise in support of But I will remind the gentleman, people, then we need to take a real the rule and the underlying bill. again, that there were 30 pages of long look at what it is that we are try- Climate change is the greatest, the amendments made in order on a 6-page ing to defend. This bill today is a mes- greatest, and most urgent challenge of bill, a bill, by the way, that the gentle- saging bill, there is no question about our time and this government should woman, Mrs. LESKO, said is not a seri- it. never put corporate profits and those ous bill anyway. So, I am not quite If you look at the damage that could kinds of concerns ahead of the health sure what the messaging is here: that be done to the American people—I am and safety of our children and our fu- it is not serious or that it is serious talking about the American people ture. enough where we need to have more now, not a philosophy that is out there, Climate change isn’t just a Demo- amendments. I can’t quite figure their not an agenda that is out there, but I cratic or a Republican issue. It is an logic out here. am talking about hardworking Ameri- existential issue for our species on this Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to cans: a loss of nearly 400,000 jobs—this planet. the gentlewoman from the District of is according to the Heritage Founda- I am hearing so many mischaracteri- Columbia (Ms. NORTON). tion—an average manufacturing loss of zations of what the Paris accord is. Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, I over 200,000 jobs, a total income loss of These standards that are applied to the thank the gentleman for yielding, and more than $20,000 per family, a GDP United States are not from the outside, I thank him for his important work on loss of over $2.5 trillion, and increases not coming from across the pond. We this urgent bill. in household electricity expenditures agree to reduce carbon emissions on It is too late to overstate the ur- between 13 percent and 20 percent. The our own terms. Every country develops gency of the climate crisis. It has al- biggest offenders in the world are its own plan and its own program. ready assumed emergency status in China and India, and they aren’t part This issue about jobs is just ridicu- parts of the world, including parts of of this so-called agreement. lous. Everyone understands that our States like Florida. If we are really concerned about pro- future is not in the fossil fuel industry. The threatened withdrawal of the tecting the people who sent us here to The future is in the green technologies U.S. from the Paris climate accord be their voice, then we ought to look at that are being developed by entre- should be considered an international what their voice is and who bears the preneurs. Young people get it. The 21st crime. The United States is the only burden of a philosophy, a failed philos- century jobs of the future are clean nation to threaten to withdraw from ophy, that has no chance of working technologies that make sure our planet the agreement, but others, such as itself into law. We know that, and yet is good and that entrepreneurs can ac- Brazil, seem willing to follow our lead. today we will come here, and we will tually succeed. I am encouraged, though, that in our rail against something that isn’t really The costs of not doing this right now country, even though we have record on the list of what the American people are so enormous. We are seeing, prac- polarization today, Americans over- have the greatest concerns over. tically every year, what are called 500- whelmingly want the United States to The people who I represent back in year floods. They are only supposed to remain in the agreement. The absurd- Pennsylvania, they thank me every happen once every 500 years, and now ity of sealing our own fate by faking day for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act be- we are seeing State after State, in my blindness to the climate catastrophe is cause it has reduced their utility bills. own Midwest, under water, and it hap- not lost on the American people we Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I pens all the time. represent. This is the most serious yield myself such time as I may con- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The issue faced by the Congress of the sume. time of the gentlewoman has expired. United States in our history. We must Madam Speaker, let me just remind Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I vote for the life, not the end of the my colleagues that the impact on our yield an additional 30 seconds to the planet. economy is astronomical if we do noth- gentlewoman.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:06 May 02, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K01MY7.026 H01MYPT1 SSpencer on DSK3G9T082PROD with HOUSE H3356 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 1, 2019 Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. What is the cost We can’t have effective climate pol- and you look at South America, and when that we are bearing in all of our States icy that puts the United States at a you look at many other places in this world, and at the Federal level to mitigate disadvantage to its main security and including Russia, including many other the problems that are caused by cli- places, the air is incredibly dirty, and when economic competitors in the world. you’re talking about an atmosphere, oceans mate change? And I want to just say to This is not an America First agenda. are very small,’’ Trump said in an apparent my colleagues: These words are on the This legislation is more of a redistribu- reference to pollution around the globe. RECORD. You might want to consider tion of wealth scheme than actual ‘‘And it blows over and it sails over. I mean not embarrassing your children and sound environmental policy. we take thousands of tons of garbage off our your grandchildren and future genera- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The beaches all the time that comes over from tions of yours with making the kinds time of the gentleman has expired. Asia. It just flows right down the Pacific. It of statements you are. Mrs. LESKO. Madam Speaker, I yield flows and we say, ‘Where does this come The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- from?’ And it takes many people, to start off an additional 30 seconds to the gen- with.’’ bers are reminded to address their re- tleman. Katharine Hayhoe, a climate scientist at marks to the Chair. Mr. DUNCAN. I think it is telling Texas Tech University, said in an email Mrs. LESKO. Madam Speaker, I yield when former U.N. climate official Tuesday that the president’s comments risk 2 minutes to the gentleman from South Ottmar Edenhofer said regarding inter- leaving the nation vulnerable to the ever- Carolina (Mr. DUNCAN), my good friend. national climate policy, ‘‘We redis- growing impacts of a warming planet. ‘‘Facts Mr. DUNCAN. Madam Speaker, I rise tribute de facto the world’s wealth by aren’t something we need to believe to make them true—we treat them as optional at our today to oppose the rule and the under- climate policy.’’ lying legislation that is both ill-ad- peril,’’ Hayhoe said. ‘‘And if we’re the presi- Madam Speaker, I urge my col- dent of the United States, we do so at the vised and misguided. leagues to defeat this rule and defeat The environment in the United peril of not just ourselves but the hundreds the underlying legislation. of millions of people we’re responsible for.’’ States isn’t getting dramatically worse Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I Andrew Dessler, a professor of atmospheric as those on the other side claim. We include in the RECORD a Washington sciences at Texas A&M University, struggled are using more while actually reducing Post article entitled ‘‘Trump on cli- to find a response to the president’s com- air pollutants. mate change: ‘People like myself, we ments. ‘‘How can one possibly respond to The total emissions of the six major this?’’ Dessler said when reached by email, have very high levels of intelligence air pollutants has dropped by 68 per- calling the president’s comments ‘‘idiotic’’ but we’re not necessarily such believ- cent since 1970. This is a feat no other and saying Trump’s main motivation seemed ers.’ ’’ country has accomplished. to be attacking the environmental policies [From the Washington Post, Nov. 27, 2018] of the Obama administration and criticizing How did we do this? These milestones political adversaries. have been reached due to free-market TRUMP ON CLIMATE CHANGE: ‘PEOPLE LIKE In his comments, Trump also seemed to in- innovation and technological advances MYSELF, WE HAVE VERY HIGH LEVELS OF voke a theme that is common in the world of only possible in a capitalistic society. INTELLIGENCE BUT WE’RE NOT NECESSARILY climate-change skepticism—the idea that This is how to solve problems, not SUCH BELIEVERS’ not so long ago, scientists feared global cool- through disastrous plans like the Paris (By Josh Dawsey, Philip Rucker, Brady ing, rather than the warming that is under- climate accord that imposes burden- Dennis and Chris Mooney) way today. President Trump on Nov. 26 reacted to a ‘‘If you go back and if you look at articles, some and costly regulations not ap- they talk about global freezing,’’ Trump proved by Congress. Remember that: major report issued Nov. 23 that said climate change will challenge the economy, environ- said. ‘‘They talk about at some point, the not approved by Congress. planet is going to freeze to death, then it’s The accord, which was negotiated ment, and human health. (The Washington Post) going to die of heat exhaustion.’’ This may refer to an oft-cited 1975 News- unilaterally by the Obama administra- President Trump on Tuesday dismissed a week article titled ‘‘The Cooling World’’ or a tion with little congressional over- landmark report compiled by 13 federal agen- 1974 Time magazine story titled ‘‘Another sight, was flawed in both process and cies detailing how damage from global Ice Age?’’ But researchers who have reviewed substance. The Obama administration warming is intensifying throughout the this period have found that while such ideas country, saying he is not among the ‘‘believ- skipped the ratification process in the were indeed afoot at the time, there was ‘‘no ers’’ who see climate change as a pressing Senate and tied the American people’s scientific consensus in the 1970s’’ about a problem. hands through executive power. global cooling trend or risk, as there is today The comments were the president’s most In fact, I offered an amendment in about human-caused climate change. committee to delay this legislation extensive yet on why he disagrees with his In other words, scientists’ understanding own government’s analysis, which found that of where the planet is headed, and the con- until the Senate performed their con- climate change poses a severe threat to the stitutional duty, but the other side sequences, is far more developed now than it health of Americans, as well as to the coun- was in the 1970s. would rather send billions of taxpayer try’s infrastructure, economy and natural At present, Earth has warmed roughly one dollars to other countries without con- resources. The findings—unequivocal, urgent degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) above gressional approval. If the American and alarming—are at odds with the Trump late-19th-century, preindustrial levels. Mul- people are forced to put aside their per- administration’s rollback of environmental tiple analyses have shown that without rapid sonal needs in order to help the global regulations and absence of any climate ac- emissions cuts—well beyond what the world good, the Constitution should be fol- tion policy. is undertaking—the warming will continue ‘‘One of the problems that a lot of people and could blow past key thresholds that sci- lowed, and the Senate should perform like myself, we have very high levels of in- their proper role. entists say could lead to irrevocable climate- telligence but we’re not necessarily such be- related catastrophes, such as more-extreme The substance of the Paris climate lievers,’’ Trump said during a freewheeling weather, the death of coral reefs and losses accord was equally flawed and would 20-minute Oval Office interview with The of major parts of planetary ice sheets. have significantly damaged the Amer- Washington Post in which he was asked why On Tuesday, a U.N. report underscored ican economy. It is estimated that the he was skeptical of the dire National Climate again how the world is far off course on its Paris climate accord would result in a Assessment his administration released Fri- promises to cut greenhouse-gas emissions. loss of 400,000 jobs, a total income loss day. The report found that, with global emissions of $20,000 or more per family of four, ‘‘As to whether or not it’s man-made and still increasing as of 2017, it is unlikely they whether or not the effects that you’re talk- will peak by 2020. Scientists have said carbon and an aggregate gross domestic prod- ing about are there, I don’t see it,’’ he added. emissions must fall sharply in coming years uct loss of over $2.5 trillion. Trump did not address the fundamental if the world is to have a chance of avoiding While causing harm to the U.S. econ- cause of climate change. The president riffed the worst consequences of climate change. omy, the accord does nothing to hold on pollution in other parts of the world. He Trump also made reference to recent dev- the biggest offenders of the emissions talked about trash in the oceans. He opined astating wildfires in California, which sci- accountable, nations like Russia and on forest management practices. But he said entists say have been made more intense and China. Again, an amendment was of- little about what scientists say is actually deadly by climate change. But the president fered in committee to hold these na- driving the warming of the planet—emis- instead focused on how the forests that sions of carbon dioxide from the burning of burned have been managed. Previously, he tions—Russia and China—to the same fossil fuels. has praised Finland for spending ‘‘a lot of standards the United States would be ‘‘You look at our air and our water and it’s time on raking and cleaning’’ its forest held to and it was shot down by the right now at a record clean. But when you floors—a notion that left the Finnish presi- other side. look at China and you look at parts of Asia dent flummoxed.

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And it’s a massive Investments in important tech- This year, we have seen record flood- problem in California.’’ nologies like renewable energy, clean ing in the Midwest, unprecedented ‘‘You go to other places where they have cars, and green buildings mean that wildfires in the West, and record tem- denser trees, it’s more dense, where the trees California is on track to drop our emis- peratures across the country. are more flammable, they don’t have forest sions to 80 percent of 1990 levels by In Vermont—and talk about eco- fires like this because they maintain,’’ he said. ‘‘And it was very interesting I was 2050. Now the Federal Government nomic impacts—the ski season is get- watching the firemen, and they were raking must follow. ting shorter. In one study, it has noted brush.... It’s on fire. They’re raking it, The urgency of fighting climate that, even under the most optimistic working so hard. If that was raked in the be- change cannot be in question. Neither climate change models, all the ski ginning, there would be nothing to catch on can our commitment to the Paris areas in southern New England will no fire.’’ Agreement. I urge passage of this bill. longer be economically viable by 2040. Trump wasn’t the only administration offi- That would be thousands of jobs melt- cial on Tuesday to shrug off the federal gov- b 1315 ernment’s latest climate warnings. In a tele- ing away as a result of climate change. Mrs. LESKO. Madam Speaker, may I We have had 16 disasters in 2017 with vision appearance in California, Interior Sec- inquire as to how many minutes I have retary Ryan Zinke acknowledged that fire damage exceeding $1 billion, spending remaining. $306 billion on weather-related disas- seasons have grown longer in the state but The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- added, ‘‘Climate change or not, it doesn’t re- ters that year. tlewoman from Arizona has 10 minutes lieve you of responsibility to manage the for- Climate change is a priority for remaining. The gentleman from Massa- est.’’ young people and local officials. It now chusetts has 11 minutes remaining. Meanwhile, asked Tuesday about the find- must become a priority for Congress. ings of the nearly 1,700-page climate report Mrs. LESKO. Madam Speaker, I re- The Climate Action Now Act takes the administration released on Black Friday, serve the balance of my time. an important step in this direction by White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I keeping us—or getting us back into the echoed her boss. yield 11⁄2 minutes to the gentleman ‘‘We think that this is the most extreme Paris climate agreement and not taken from Illinois (Mr. SCHNEIDER). version and it’s not based on facts,’’ Sanders Mr. SCHNEIDER. Madam Speaker, I out by the action of a single person. said of the National Climate Assessment. thank my colleague for yielding me the This bill is just the start of fulfilling ‘‘It’s not data-driven. We’d like to see some- our obligations and our opportunity to thing that is more data-driven. It’s based on time. modeling, which is extremely hard to do Madam Speaker, it has been nearly 2 slow climate change. when you’re talking about the climate. years since President Trump recklessly Now, some folks are fearful about the Again, our focus is on making sure we have announced the United States’ with- economic consequences of addressing the safest, cleanest air and water.’’ drawal from the Paris climate accord. climate change, but a confident nation Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I We are now the only country in the faces its problems; it doesn’t deny do that because I want the RECORD to world not firmly behind this agree- them. It is in facing these problems reflect this President’s ignorance on an ment. that we are actually going to create issue that is not only of national con- There are times where we must stand jobs, not lose jobs. cern but of international concern. alone. This is not one of them. Climate So, Madam Speaker, I commend Rep- In the past three annual worldwide change and its impacts are an existen- resentative CASTOR for her leadership threat assessments, the U.S. intel- tial threat, and American leadership on this legislation. I urge my col- ligence communities have cited cli- has an important role to play, but leagues to support this bill as the be- mate change as a national security under the Trump administration, we ginning of undertaking the opportunity threat and a multiplier of threats that are retreating from our responsibility that we have economically to build a create instability, food and water and giving up our seat at the table. stronger and safer environment. shortages, refugee and population mi- Two years ago, more than 180 Rep- Mrs. LESKO. Madam Speaker, I re- gration, and economic disruption. This resentatives joined my resolution con- serve the balance of my time. is a matter that we can’t ignore any- demning President Trump’s withdrawal Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I more. We need to pass this bill. from the Paris Agreement, but the Re- yield 11⁄2 minutes to the gentlewoman Madam Speaker, I yield 11⁄2 minutes publican leadership refused to let this from California (Ms. BROWNLEY). to the gentlewoman from California body vote its will. Today, that changes. Ms. BROWNLEY of California. (Ms. JUDY CHU). That is because this House is finally re- Madam Speaker, climate change is an Ms. JUDY CHU of California. Madam flecting the will of the American peo- existential threat that requires the en- Speaker, climate change is a crisis ple, which, by a 5-to-1 margin, support tire international community to solve. that demands our immediate attention. staying in the agreement. The Paris Agreement was a monu- Its effects are ongoing. It will impact We need to work with the rest of the mental achievement, rightly praised all of us eventually, whether through world, and the nations of the world are across the world and in Congress. The worse storms, bigger wildfires, less looking to us to lead. Staying in the President’s impulsive decision to pull food and water, or conflicts over re- Paris Agreement and developing a plan out of the agreement was one of the sources. to meet emission reduction targets most dangerous acts of his Presidency. The good news is, we still have the agreed to would be an important first My district, Ventura County, knows time and ability to halt the worst ef- step. all too well the devastating economic fects. That is what the Paris climate As this House takes action to pass and human toll of climate change, agreement achieved. This landmark H.R. 9, I hope the Senate will follow which has increased the frequency and agreement was the first ever to unite our lead and promptly take up the leg- severity of deadly wildfires in our com- 195 countries around the common goal islation, and I hope today’s vote—this munity. of protecting our planet from the worst vote—represents just the first of many Climate change is also a threat to impacts of our own actions. That is efforts to reduce our greenhouse gas our national security and military why we must pass H.R. 9, to keep the emissions and prevent a global climate readiness. President from pulling us out of this disaster. I am the proud Representative of deal and require the administration to Mrs. LESKO. Madam Speaker, I re- Naval Base Ventura County, and I develop concrete plans to meet our serve the balance of my time. know that climate change will increase emissions reduction targets. Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I problems with coastal corrosion at our Under the Paris Agreement, each yield 11⁄2 minutes to the gentleman Navy base and other U.S. military in- country agreed to meet our own goals from Vermont (Mr. WELCH). stallations worldwide. In Ventura

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The U.S. must also invest in health will go a long way to ensure that the United erally fall into the sea. adaptation strategies to help communities States fulfills our commitments under the As sea levels rise and the severity of address the varied health impacts they are Paris Agreement and stays on the path to se- coastal storms increase, these prob- already facing. rious action on climate change. lems will only grow more acute. Fortu- On behalf of the patients and communities This legislation demonstrates leadership nately, House Democrats have recog- we serve, we urge you to vote YES on H.R. 9, and vision needed to tackle the climate cri- nized these threats, and we have devel- the Climate Action Now Act. sis. We urge you to support the Climate Ac- Sincerely, oped plans to address them through the tion Now Act to help make the future cli- Allergy & Asthma Network, Alliance of mate safe for our children and grandchildren creation of the Select Committee on Nurses for Healthy Environments, American and honor America’s commitments to help the Climate Crisis, on which I proudly Lung Association, American Public Health confront this global challenge. serve. Association, Association of Schools and Pro- Signed, The Climate Action Now Act is our grams of Public Health, Asthma and Allergy Alaska Wilderness Action, Alliance of pledge to the world that many in the Foundation of America, Children’s Environ- Nurses for Healthy Environments, Arizona mental Health Network, Climate for Health, Parks and Recreation Association, Blue Fu- United States Congress want our Na- Health Care Climate Council, Health Care tion to be a global leader in solving ture, Bold Alliance, Chispa, Chispa Arizona, Without Harm, National Association of Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Clean Water Ac- this crisis. I urge my Republican col- County and City Health Officials, National tion, Climate Hawks Vote, Climate Law & leagues to vote to protect our chil- Environmental Health Association, National Policy Project, Climate Reality Project, Col- dren’s and our grandchildren’s future Medical Association, Physicians for Social orado Farm and Food Alliance, Conservation and our national security. I urge a Responsibility, Public Health Institute. Colorado, Defend Our Future, Defenders of ‘‘yes’’ vote on the rule and on the bill. Wildlife, Earthjustice, Earthworks, Eastern APRIL 29, 2019. PA Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclama- Mrs. LESKO. Madam Speaker, I re- DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: On behalf of our serve the balance of my time. tion, Elders Climate Action. millions of members and supporters across Endangered Species Coalition, Environ- Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I the country, we urge you to support H.R. 9, ment America, Environment Colorado, Envi- include in the RECORD a letter from the Climate Action Now Act, to ensure the ronment North Carolina, Environmental De- leading public health advocates in sup- U.S. meets its commitments under the Paris fense Fund, Environmental Justice Center of port of H.R. 9, as well as a letter signed Agreement and to reinforce our national re- Chestnut Hill United Church, Environmental solve to address climate change. Law & Policy Center, Friends of Ironwood by many of the leading environmental The Paris Agreement is a global response Forest, Gasp, Green The Church, organizations in support of this legisla- to the greatest environmental challenge of GreenLatinos, Hispanic Access Foundation, tion. our time. It includes, for the first time, spe- Hispanic Federation, Interfaith Power & APRIL 29, 2019. cific commitments from all major countries Light, Kids Climate Action Network, League DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: The undersigned and a pathway for each country to strength- of Conservation Voters, League of Women public health and medical organizations urge en its own domestic climate actions in the Voters of the United States, National His- you to support H.R. 9, the Climate Action years ahead. United States leadership and panic Medical Association, National Parks Now Act. The bill would help ensure that the participation was crucial in bringing the Conservation Association, National Wildlife United States adheres to the science-based world together to act. But now, by threat- Federation. targets in the Paris Agreement and develops ening to exit the agreement, the Trump ad- ministration risks isolating itself, under- Natural Resources Defense Council, NC a plan to meet them, both essential steps to League of Conservation Voters, Oxfam Amer- protecting public health from the impacts of mining global climate action, and weakening America’s international influence on a broad ica, Partnership for Policy Integrity, Physi- climate change. cians for Social Responsibility Pennsyl- Climate change is a public health emer- array of critical foreign policy issues. Americans are experiencing climate vania, Public Citizen, Sierra Club, The gency. The science clearly shows that com- Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah munities across the nation are experiencing change here and now in a rising tide of ex- treme weather disasters, from hurricanes in (HEAL Utah), The Trust for Public Land, the health impacts of climate change, in- The Wilderness Society, Union of Concerned cluding enhanced conditions for ozone and the southeast, to wildfires in the west, to flooding right now in the country’s heart- Scientists, Voices for Progress, World Wild- particulate air pollution, which cause asth- life Fund. ma attacks, cardiovascular disease and pre- land. It’s no surprise that polls consistently mature death; increased instances of ex- show that concern over the climate crisis is Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I treme heat, severe storms and other desta- rising across generational, geographic, and yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from bilizing weather patterns that disrupt peo- partisan lines. Rhode Island (Mr. LANGEVIN). Americans’ personal experience is under- ple’s access to essential healthcare; in- (Mr. LANGEVIN asked and was given scored by a raft of new scientific reports. creased spread of vector-borne diseases; and Last fall the Intergovernmental Panel on permission to revise and extend his re- longer and more intense allergy seasons. Climate Change (IPCC) confirmed that cli- marks.) These threats are no longer hypothetical, mate change is already happening, and ambi- Mr. LANGEVIN. Madam Speaker, I and Americans across the country have expe- tious action to curb carbon pollution is need- thank the gentleman for yielding. rienced them firsthand. ed starting now to stave off steadily wors- Madam Speaker, I rise in strong sup- Every American’s health is at risk due to ening impacts in the U.S. and across the climate change, but some populations are at port of H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now globe. The last four years have been the hot- Act. greater risk, including infants, children, sen- test on record since global measurements iors, pregnant women, low-income commu- The simple fact of the matter is that began in 1880, according to the National Oce- climate change is real, and it is cre- nities, some communities of color, people anic and Atmospheric Administration and with disabilities and many people with the National Aeronautics and Space Admin- ating enormous consequences for the chronic diseases. Evidence and experience istration. And the National Climate Assess- United States. It is a threat to coast- shows that these populations will dispropor- ment—prepared by 13 federal agencies and lines and property values, to public tionately bear the health impacts of climate released by the Trump Administration last health, and to our economy. change without concerted action to both year—lays out the stark reality of current But it is also affecting our military mitigate and adapt to climate change. climate impacts in all regions of the nation The science is also clear that limiting in- readiness, our national security, and it and projects how much worse they could get. is changing the strategic environment crease in global temperatures to no more Without significant global action, the Na- than 1.5 degrees Celsius is essential. The tional Climate Assessment concludes: ‘‘ris- in which our country and our troops Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ing temperatures, sea level rise, and changes operate. That is why I added language found dramatic differences in health impacts in extreme events are expected to increas- to the fiscal year 2018 National Defense between 1.5 and 2 degrees, including in heat- ingly disrupt and damage critical infrastruc- Authorization Act making it clear that related morbidity and mortality, ozone-re- ture and property, labor productivity, and Congress acknowledges climate change lated mortality, and vector-borne diseases. the vitality of our communities.’’ ‘‘[C]oastal is a threat to our national security. The Paris Agreement’s goals are to keep the economies and property are already at risk,’’ My amendment also requires the De- world well under 2 degrees Celsius and to especially communities disproportionately pursue efforts to further stay below 1.5 de- comprised of low-income and minority partment of Defense to assess the mili- grees. Americans. In short, climate change is al- tary bases most threatened by climate H.R. 9 is an important step toward what ready here in America and it’s already harm- change, including an analysis of future must become a comprehensive set of policies ing Americans’ lives. costs of how to deal with and mitigate

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This year, on the Armed Why not truly let the American people we defeat the previous question, then Services Committee, we will continue know where the Democrats stand on we will amend the rule and enable a to require the Pentagon to better as- what I believe is a radical proposal vote on the Green New Deal, and I hope sess and report on the climate threat. that will hurt our Nation and kill jobs? to have support in that regard. Madam Speaker, the Climate Action Madam Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to But I understand it may be difficult Now Act is about honoring our global the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. HICE), for some of my colleagues across the commitments. As Americans, we rise my good friend. aisle to do so, and if they are unable to to meet our challenges; we do not hide Mr. HICE of Georgia. Madam Speak- help support us on this previous ques- from them. We solve problems. We de- er, I thank my good friend, Mrs. LESKO, tion, then I have another opportunity. for yielding some time. velop new technologies, and we inno- b 1330 vate to create a more sustainable H.R. 9 is an attempt simply to force the President to reenter an ineffectual If we do not defeat the previous ques- world. That is our Nation’s proud herit- international agreement, one that tion immediately following this vote age, and that is the spirit that we pushes the United States to adopt bur- series, I am going to file a discharge should bring toward engaging this cli- densome, painful measures and hold us petition to ensure a vote on the Green mate threat. to a standard that no other country The Paris Agreement was crafted New Deal. I encourage all Members that is a part of the agreement has through the work of American nego- here to vote against the previous ques- bothered to meet themselves, all to do tiators with other countries around the tion, vote against the rule, and sign something that we are already doing, world. It was signed by an over- the discharge petition. Let’s have a and that is lowering greenhouse gas whelming 174 countries, plus the Euro- vote on the Green New Deal. emissions. Again, I thank the gentlewoman for pean Union. This agreement represents But H.R. 9 is not the real agenda of yielding this time. a clear consensus to get serious and our Democratic colleagues. To under- Mrs. LESKO. Madam Speaker, I yield combat climate change. stand what the real Democratic Party myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I urge all of my col- wants to do, one need look no further Madam Speaker, in closing, we all leagues to support this bill. The threat than H. Res. 109, better known as the want to protect the environment, both is real. Time is of the essence. The Green New Deal. Republicans and Democrats, and en- time to act is now. Look, people in my district are not sure that we are leaving a better world Mrs. LESKO. Madam Speaker, I yield asking where I stand or what I think for on our children, grandchildren, and myself such time as I may consume. about the Paris climate agreement, but future generations. Madam Speaker, if we defeat the pre- they are asking, eagerly, where I stand Unfortunately, H.R. 9 is not, in my vious question, I will offer an amend- on the Green New Deal. Everywhere I opinion, a legitimate solution. H.R. 9 is ment to the rule to provide additional go, people are asking about it. little more than a messaging bill that consideration of H. Res. 109, the noto- Last night, on a telephone townhall, is intended to undermine the President rious Green New Deal. several questions were asking where I and message to the Democratic base. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous stood on this. They are concerned that We do have an opportunity to get consent to insert the text of my their Representative might support a things done here, but it takes a will- amendment in the RECORD, along with proposal that would drastically in- ingness from those in power to work extraneous material, immediately crease their energy bills. with us in a bipartisan fashion for a so- prior to the vote on the previous ques- And businesses I talk to want to lution. tion. know whether or not I would support Republicans want to focus on clean The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there what amounts to a torrent of heavy- and affordable energy solutions that objection to the request of the gentle- handed regulations. will create stability for consumers at woman from Arizona? I assure you, as I did them, that I do affordable rates. We should be working There was no objection. not. I strongly oppose the Green New together on these solutions and on real Mrs. LESKO. Madam Speaker, it is Deal, but I cannot say the same for my pieces of legislation that have the abil- about time that the American people colleagues across the aisle. ity to pass the U.S. Senate and be know where Members of Congress stand Madam Speaker, 92 Democrats have signed by the President. on this radical proposal of the Green cosponsored the Green New Deal, and Madam Speaker, I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote New Deal, which will change nearly nearly every Democrat running for on the previous question and a ‘‘no’’ every aspect of Americans’ lives. Even President has endorsed it. It seems vote on the underlying measure, and I the sponsor of this legislation has re- clear that this really is the new policy yield back the balance of my time. quested hearings on this proposal since platform for the Democratic Party. Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, the Speaker and the Democratic lead- I know that many of my Democratic how much time do I have remaining? ership refuse to give the Green New colleagues disagree with me. They be- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Deal any legislative hearings. I would lieve strongly in the policies of the tleman from Massachusetts has 41⁄2 like to lay out some of it here. Green New Deal, and I am sure some of minutes remaining. Estimations show energy bills under their constituents would agree as well. Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I the Green New Deal would spike by as But I am also positive that their con- yield myself the balance of my time. much as $3,800 per year, per family. stituents, Democratic constituents, This is like the theater of the absurd, The resolution calls for upgrading want to know where their Representa- when I listen to my Republican col- all—all—existing buildings in the tive stands on this issue just as much leagues. We have a bill, H.R. 9, that United States and constructing new as mine want to know where I stand. says that the United States should not buildings to achieve maximal energy So let’s have a vote. remove itself from the Paris climate efficiency, which could range between But let’s be frank with each other. accord. I have one colleague saying $1.6 trillion, with a t, and $4.2 trillion The Speaker would not allow a re- that it is a messaging bill that means in cost. corded vote. Speaker PELOSI knows nothing. I have other Republican col- What is the estimated total price tag very likely that to have a vote on the leagues saying that if we pass this, it is for the Green New Deal? Up to $93 tril- Green New Deal could cost the Demo- the end of the world because it is going lion. That is with a t, trillion dollars. crats the majority. to have all these implications. So where is this money going to So, look, here is the deal. We Repub- Then we get lectured to by my Re- come from? The Green New Deal could licans are more than happy to go on publican colleagues for almost an hour

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That doesn’t Cunningham Krishnamoorthi Richmond to offer it under a closed rule where no- mean that Congress should sit idly by Davids (KS) Kuster (NH) Rose (NY) body can amend it. when it comes at the expense of the fu- Davis (CA) Lamb Rouda ture of our planet. Davis, Danny K. Langevin Roybal-Allard I mean, you can’t make this stuff up. Dean Larsen (WA) Ruiz The Republicans are saying: We don’t With climate change, public health is DeFazio Larson (CT) Ruppersberger want hearings, and we don’t want at risk and our national security is en- DeGette Lawrence Rush markups. We want nothing. We just dangered. The President may be un- DeLauro Lawson (FL) Ryan DelBene Lee (CA) Sa´ nchez want to bring it to the floor under a willing to rise to the challenge, but Delgado Lee (NV) Sarbanes closed rule so that nobody, Democrats this Democratic majority is not. Con- Demings Levin (CA) Scanlon or Republicans, can amend it. gress shouldn’t let another one of his DeSaulnier Levin (MI) Schakowsky Deutch Lewis Schiff I support the Green New Deal. I have temper tantrums ruin our planet. Dingell Lieu, Ted Schneider some ideas to make it a little bit bet- Madam Speaker, I urge a ‘‘yes’’ vote Doggett Lipinski Schrader ter. I would like to have some amend- on the previous question, and I urge a Doyle, Michael Loebsack Schrier ‘‘yes’’ vote on this rule and the under- F. Lofgren Scott (VA) ments made in order. But my Repub- Engel Lowenthal Scott, David lican friends say no amendments, lying resolution. Escobar Lowey Serrano closed rule, shut it all down. Old habits The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- Eshoo Luja´ n Sewell (AL) die hard. bers are reminded to refrain from en- Espaillat Luria Shalala Evans Lynch Sherman When the Republicans were in gaging in personalities toward the Finkenauer Malinowski Sherrill charge, they presided over the most President. Fletcher Maloney, Sires closed Congress in the history of our The text of the material previously Foster Carolyn B. Slotkin referred to by Mrs. LESKO is as follows: Frankel Maloney, Sean Smith (WA) country, and they just can’t break that Fudge Matsui Soto old habit. AMENDMENT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 329 Gabbard McAdams Spanberger Well, you know what? We want to Gallego McBath Speier At the end of the resolution, add the fol- Garamendi McCollum Stanton move on a Green New Deal, but we lowing: Garcı´a (IL) McEachin Stevens want to do it right. We want to do SEC. 2. Immediately upon adoption of this Garcia (TX) McGovern Suozzi hearings, and you can have some of resolution, the House shall proceed to the Golden McNerney Swalwell (CA) your friends and allies who are cli- consideration in the House of the resolution Gomez Meeks Takano Gonzalez (TX) Meng Thompson (CA) mate-change deniers come to testify (H. Res. 109) recognizing the duty of the Fed- eral Government to create a Green New Gottheimer Moore Thompson (MS) against it if you want. We will bring Green (TX) Morelle Tlaib Deal. The resolution shall be considered as experts and scientists because we be- Grijalva Moulton Tonko read. The previous question shall be consid- Haaland Mucarsel-Powell Torres (CA) lieve in science. We will have them ered as ordered on the resolution and pre- Harder (CA) Murphy Torres Small come to talk about why it is important amble to adoption without intervening mo- Hayes Nadler (NM) and how we can improve it. tion or demand for division of the question Heck Napolitano Trahan We look forward to that, but not except one hour of debate equally divided Higgins (NY) Neal Trone and controlled by the Majority Leader and Hill (CA) Neguse Underwood under a closed rule with no hearings Himes Norcross Van Drew and no markups. This is embarrassing. the Minority Leader or their respective des- Horn, Kendra S. O’Halleran Veasey ignees. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not Madam Speaker, the United States Horsford Ocasio-Cortez Vela apply to the consideration of House Resolu- Houlahan Omar Vela´ zquez has a unique role to play in fighting tion 109. Hoyer Pallone Visclosky climate change, not just because we Huffman Panetta Wasserman Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I should be leading the way on innova- Jackson Lee Pappas Schultz yield back the balance of my time, and tion or because we have the largest Jayapal Pascrell Waters I move the previous question on the Jeffries Payne Watson Coleman economy anywhere but because we resolution. Johnson (GA) Perlmutter Welch played a major role in furthering this Johnson (TX) Peters Wexton The SPEAKER pro tempore. The crisis. Kaptur Peterson Wild question is on ordering the previous Keating Phillips Wilson (FL) Between 1970 and 2013, the U.S. question. Kelly (IL) Pingree Yarmuth ranked number one in total carbon The question was taken; and the NAYS—191 emissions. We released more carbon Speaker pro tempore announced that into the atmosphere than China, Aderholt Cline Gonzalez (OH) the ayes appeared to have it. Allen Cloud Gooden Japan, or any of the other 40 global na- Mrs. LESKO. Madam Speaker, on tions. That is according to the Emis- Amash Cole Gosar that I demand the yeas and nays. Amodei Collins (GA) Granger sions Database for Global Atmospheric The yeas and nays were ordered. Armstrong Collins (NY) Graves (GA) Arrington Comer Graves (LA) Research. I don’t think we should be The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- turning our back on a problem that we Babin Conaway Graves (MO) ant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair Bacon Cook Green (TN) helped create. will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum Baird Crawford Griffith It isn’t a radical or partisan idea. Ex- time for any electronic vote on the Balderson Crenshaw Grothman perts consider 1988 to be the year that Banks Curtis Guest question of adoption of the resolution. Barr Davidson (OH) Guthrie the science behind climate change be- The vote was taken by electronic de- Bergman Davis, Rodney Hagedorn came widely known and accepted, and vice, and there were—yeas 228, nays Biggs DesJarlais Hartzler Bilirakis Diaz-Balart Hern, Kevin that is the year when a Republican 191, not voting 12, as follows: Presidential nominee, George H.W. Bishop (UT) Duffy Herrera Beutler [Roll No. 172] Bost Duncan Hice (GA) Bush, pledged that he would fight the Brady Dunn Higgins (LA) YEAS—228 greenhouse effect with the ‘‘White Brooks (AL) Emmer Hill (AR) House effect.’’ Aguilar Boyle, Brendan Chu, Judy Brooks (IN) Estes Holding Allred F. Cicilline Buchanan Ferguson Hollingsworth We have come a long way since then, Axne Brindisi Cisneros Buck Fitzpatrick Hudson Madam Speaker, and I don’t mean posi- Barraga´ n Brown (MD) Clark (MA) Bucshon Fleischmann Huizenga tively. There was a time when Repub- Bass Brownley (CA) Clarke (NY) Budd Flores Hunter Beatty Bustos Clay Burchett Fortenberry Hurd (TX) licans cared about the environment, Butterfield Cleaver Burgess Foxx (NC) Johnson (LA) when they understood that issues like Bera Beyer Carbajal Clyburn Byrne Fulcher Johnson (OH) Ca´ rdenas Cohen Calvert Gaetz Johnson (SD) the climate crisis were something that Bishop (GA) Case Connolly Carter (GA) Gallagher Jordan we needed to work on in a bipartisan Blumenauer Casten (IL) Cooper Carter (TX) Gianforte Joyce (OH) Blunt Rochester way. Now they have become the party Castor (FL) Correa Chabot Gibbs Joyce (PA) of climate change deniers. Bonamici Castro (TX) Costa Cheney Gohmert Katko

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Stewart Wenstrup Lamborn Reschenthaler Rouzer Stivers Timmons Harder (CA) McAdams Schrader Westerman Latta Rice (SC) Hayes McBath Schrier Roy Taylor Tipton Williams Lesko Riggleman Heck McCollum Scott (VA) Rutherford Thompson (PA) Turner Wilson (SC) Long Roby Schweikert Thornberry Upton Higgins (NY) McEachin Scott, David Loudermilk Rodgers (WA) Hill (CA) Scott, Austin Timmons Wittman Wagner McGovern Serrano Lucas Roe, David P. Horn, Kendra S. McNerney Sewell (AL) Sensenbrenner Tipton Womack Walberg Luetkemeyer Rogers (AL) Horsford Meeks Shalala Shimkus Turner Wright Walden Marchant Rogers (KY) Houlahan Meng Sherman Simpson Upton Yoho Walker Marshall Rose, John W. Hoyer Moore Sherrill Smith (MO) Wagner Young Walorski Massie Rouzer Huffman Morelle Sires Smith (NE) Walberg Zeldin Waltz Mast Roy Jackson Lee Moulton Slotkin McCarthy Rutherford Watkins Jayapal Mucarsel-Powell Smith (WA) NOT VOTING—17 Weber (TX) McCaul Scalise Jeffries Murphy Soto Abraham Hastings Rooney (FL) Webster (FL) McClintock Schweikert Johnson (GA) Nadler Spanberger Adams Higgins (LA) Scalise Wenstrup McHenry Scott, Austin Johnson (TX) Napolitano Speier Blumenauer Himes Titus Westerman McKinley Sensenbrenner Kaptur Neal Stanton Carson (IN) Marchant Vargas Williams Meadows Shimkus Keating Neguse Stevens Cartwright Norman Woodall Meuser Simpson Wilson (SC) Kelly (IL) Norcross Suozzi Harris Perry Miller Smith (MO) Wittman Kennedy O’Halleran Swalwell (CA) Mitchell Smith (NE) Womack Khanna Ocasio-Cortez Takano b 1410 Moolenaar Smith (NJ) Wright Kildee Omar Thompson (CA) Mooney (WV) Smucker Yoho Kilmer Pallone Thompson (MS) So the resolution was agreed to. Mullin Spano Young Kim Panetta Tlaib The result of the vote was announced Newhouse Stauber Zeldin Kind Pappas Tonko as above recorded. Kirkpatrick Pascrell Torres (CA) NOT VOTING—12 Krishnamoorthi Payne Torres Small A motion to reconsider was laid on Abraham Harris Rooney (FL) Kuster (NH) Perlmutter (NM) the table. Adams Hastings Titus Lamb Peters Trahan Stated against: Carson (IN) Norman Vargas Langevin Peterson Trone Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana. Madam Speak- Cartwright Perry Woodall Larsen (WA) Phillips Underwood Larson (CT) Pingree Van Drew er, had I been present, I would have voted b 1401 Lawrence Pocan Veasey ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall No. 173. Lawson (FL) Porter Vela Mr. STEUBE, Ms. HERRERA Lee (CA) Pressley Vela´ zquez f BEUTLER, Messrs. CURTIS, STEW- Lee (NV) Price (NC) Visclosky RAISING A QUESTION OF THE ART, GROTHMAN and ROGERS of Levin (CA) Quigley Wasserman Levin (MI) Raskin Schultz PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE Alabama changed their vote from Lewis Rice (NY) Waters ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ Lieu, Ted Richmond Watson Coleman Mr. GREEN of Tennessee. Madam Ms. WILSON of Florida and Mr. Lipinski Rose (NY) Welch Speaker, I rise to offer a question of ESPAILLAT changed their vote from Loebsack Rouda Wexton the privileges of the House previously Lofgren Roybal-Allard Wild ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ Lowenthal Ruiz Wilson (FL) noticed. So the previous question was ordered. Lowey Ruppersberger Yarmuth The SPEAKER pro tempore. The The result of the vote was announced Clerk will report the resolution. as above recorded. NAYS—188 The Clerk read as follows: The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Aderholt DesJarlais Johnson (SD) H. RES. 304 Allen Diaz-Balart Jordan question is on the resolution. Amash Duffy Joyce (OH) Whereas Michael Cohen testified under The question was taken; and the Amodei Duncan Joyce (PA) oath as a witness before the House Com- Speaker pro tempore announced that Armstrong Dunn Katko mittee on Oversight and Reform on February the ayes appeared to have it. Arrington Emmer Kelly (MS) 27, 2019; Babin Estes Kelly (PA) Mrs. LESKO. Madam Speaker, on Whereas Michael Cohen falsely testified Bacon Ferguson King (IA) under oath, ‘‘I have never asked for, nor that I demand the yeas and nays. Baird Fitzpatrick King (NY) would I accept, a pardon from President The yeas and nays were ordered. Balderson Fleischmann Kinzinger Banks Flores Kustoff (TN) Trump’’; The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a Barr Fortenberry LaHood Whereas in truth and fact, attorney for Mi- 5-minute vote. Bergman Foxx (NC) LaMalfa chael Cohen, Lanny Davis, admitted on The vote was taken by electronic de- Biggs Fulcher Lamborn March 6, 2019, that Cohen ‘‘directed his at- vice, and there were—yeas 226, nays Bilirakis Gaetz Latta torney to explore possibilities of a pardon at Bishop (UT) Gallagher Lesko one point with Donald J. Trump lawyer Rudy 188, not voting 17, as follows: Bost Gianforte Long Giuliani as well as other lawyers advising [Roll No. 173] Brady Gibbs Loudermilk Brooks (AL) Gohmert Lucas President Trump’’; YEAS—226 Brooks (IN) Gonzalez (OH) Luetkemeyer Whereas in truth and fact, attorney for Mi- Aguilar Cicilline DeGette Buchanan Gooden Marshall chael Cohen, Michael Monico, admitted in a Allred Cisneros DeLauro Buck Gosar Massie March 12, 2019, letter that Cohen’s testimony Axne Clark (MA) DelBene Bucshon Granger Mast was inaccurate; Barraga´ n Clarke (NY) Delgado Budd Graves (GA) McCarthy Whereas in truth and fact, the ex post rep- Bass Clay Demings Burchett Graves (LA) McCaul Beatty Cleaver DeSaulnier Burgess Graves (MO) McClintock resentation by Cohen’s attorney does not Bera Clyburn Deutch Byrne Green (TN) McHenry annul Cohen’s intentionally false and mis- Beyer Cohen Dingell Calvert Griffith McKinley leading testimony; Bishop (GA) Connolly Doggett Carter (GA) Grothman Meadows Whereas in truth and fact, Cohen’s testi- Blunt Rochester Cooper Doyle, Michael Carter (TX) Guest Meuser mony under oath was delivered in the con- Bonamici Correa F. Chabot Guthrie Miller text of apologizing for all his criminal ac- Boyle, Brendan Costa Engel Cheney Hagedorn Mitchell tivities; F. Courtney Escobar Cline Hartzler Moolenaar Brindisi Cox (CA) Eshoo Cloud Hern, Kevin Mooney (WV) Whereas in truth and fact, Cohen’s denial Brown (MD) Craig Espaillat Cole Herrera Beutler Mullin of ever seeking a pardon contained no quali- Brownley (CA) Crist Evans Collins (GA) Hice (GA) Newhouse fiers about the context of his statement; Bustos Crow Finkenauer Collins (NY) Hill (AR) Nunes Whereas in truth and fact, Cohen’s denial Butterfield Cuellar Fletcher Comer Holding Olson of ever seeking a pardon, as uttered under Carbajal Cummings Foster Conaway Hollingsworth Palazzo oath in his testimony, was absolute and un- Ca´ rdenas Cunningham Frankel Cook Hudson Palmer equivocal; Case Davids (KS) Fudge Crawford Huizenga Pence Casten (IL) Davis (CA) Gabbard Crenshaw Hunter Posey Whereas in truth and fact, Cohen testified Castor (FL) Davis, Danny K. Gallego Curtis Hurd (TX) Ratcliffe under oath that he and his lawyers spent Castro (TX) Dean Garamendi Davidson (OH) Johnson (LA) Reed hours editing his written statement sub- Chu, Judy DeFazio Garcı´a (IL) Davis, Rodney Johnson (OH) Reschenthaler mitted to the Committee on Oversight and

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