This is a very complicated issue, and I hope this hearing sheds a little light on that.
I am an original cosponsor of H.R. 4400, the Data Accountability and Trust Act, which Mr. Rush introduced earlier this year.
I appreciate that.
We need to face up to this problem and start taking the steps necessary to keep this phenomenon from becoming a global catastrophe.
So there should be some more flexibility in terms of the 2020 time frame.
The steps to curb carbon emissions will have many beneficial effects, including economic and public health.
It is getting more and more difficult to deny climate change. Climate change is already here.
We have the opportunity now for the United States to be the leader in the carbon pollution reduction.
That would be considered a pretty good ROI.
I think that can be attributed largely to the unregulated financial market that caused the housing crash in 2008.
But, you know, California is a big State. Some regions are suffering from a poor economy.