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Michael Bennet: I ask unanimous consent that the pending motion be set aside so that I may call up my motion. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is…

On the recordApril 15, 2015
I ask unanimous consent that the pending motion be set aside so that I may call up my motion. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, the clerk will report the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Colorado [Mr. Bennet] moves that the managers on the part of the Senate at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the House amendment to the resolution S. Con. Res. 11 be instructed-- (1) to insist that the final conference report include provisions in the concurrent resolution as agreed to by the Senate for the establishment of deficit-neutral reserve funds relating to-- (A) responding to the causes and impacts of climate change, including the economic and national security threats posed by human-induced climate change; and (B) Department of Defense initiatives to bolster resilience of mission critical department infrastructure to impacts from climate change; and (2) to recede from the position of the Senate regarding provisions in the concurrent resolution as agreed to by the Senate for the establishment of deficit-neutral reserve funds that undermine the response to climate change, including prohibitions on the regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Michael Bennet
Democratic · Colorado
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govinfo.gov
Apr 15, 2015

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