Political Quotes

“Mr. President, first I want to add my voice of condolence to that of Senator Murray's and say to the Navy family how heavy our hearts are and that I stand ready, any minute, any hour, any second, to work with my colleagues to make sure mentally ill people do not get their hands on weapons. As soon as we can get a breakthrough on that-- and maybe on background checks--maybe we can finally do something for 90 percent of the American people who want us to. I also want to note that Senator Inhofe and I have an ongoing dispute, though it is quite friendly, on climate change. We went through this this morning. He sees evidence that climate change is probably still a hoax, and he talks about the great news that we do not have climate change. I think you should tell that to the people in Colorado. But notwithstanding that--forget that--I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record four articles that appeared in the recent days about how the consensus on climate change is growing, and there is 95-percent certainty that the cause is human activity. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [From Reuters, Aug. 16, 2013] Experts Surer of Manmade Global Warming but Local Predictions Elusive (By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle) Oslo (Reuters).--Climate scientists are surer than ever that human activity is causing global warming, according to leaked drafts of a major U.N.…”