Political Quotes

“Mr. President, before the Senator from Hawaii leaves the floor, I just want to say what a breath of fresh air he is. That is something we say to compliment somebody, but in this case he is fighting for clean air. He is fighting for his kids and his grandkids. It has been an honor to work with him. The world understands this, Americans understand this; that we are facing a serious threat to our Nation--dangerous climate change. We absolutely need to act now. The evidence is all around us. I will highlight, in the brief time I have, some of the facts. These cannot be refuted. The evidence of climate change is around us. NASA and NOAA found that 2014 was the hottest year around the globe since recordkeeping began 134 years ago. How my colleagues could come to the floor and dispute this--if we were to ask people do you respect NASA, I would say everyone from our kids to our grandmas would say, absolutely, they are scientists. The American Meteorological Association, the society, reported that numerous key climate change indicators were at or near record levels. They found 2014 was the hottest year since recordkeeping began in 1880--2014 was the hottest year since 1880--and sea surface temperatures and sea levels were at record highs. This is the problem: When we have these kinds of record temperatures, they come with a cost--a cost to wildlife, a cost to human life.…”