Alan Lowenthal: “I sit on the Natural Resources Committee here in the House, and through our investigations into our treasured national…”

“I sit on the Natural Resources Committee here in the House, and through our investigations into our treasured national parks, my colleagues and I have discovered a number of tragic choices and changes that are in store for all of us and our children. Mr. Speaker, because of a changing climate, Glacier National Park's glaciers will melt and be no more. Mr. Speaker, because of a changing climate, Joshua Tree National Park's Joshua trees will disappear from the park named after them. Mr. Speaker, because of a changing climate, Rocky Mountain National Park's forests are dying because mild winters cannot kill pine beetles, which are devastating the park's trees. Climate change is upon us now. We are paying for its effects today, regardless of the number of votes this body takes to deny what is happening before our eyes. ____________________”