Joe Lieberman: “this is a call to responsibility. It is a call to leadership. I remember last year, as we were coming close to the vote…”

“this is a call to responsibility. It is a call to leadership. I remember last year, as we were coming close to the vote on the Iraq resolution, I met with a group of officials from the administration and Congress--members of both parties--with the Minister of Defense from an allied government. Somebody from the administration said: How can we get the Europeans to support us more on the potential of a war against Saddam? The European Minister said: Get the administration to do something about global warming. This inaction, lack of leadership, debunking by the administration of the problem, failure to accept responsibility is part of the reason we are so deeply divided from some of our closest allies. Senator McCain and I and our cosponsors on both sides of the aisle have put ourselves on a course. History calls us to action. We will not leave this course until the day--may it come sooner than later--when we adopt this amendment or something very much like it. I thank the Chair. I thank my colleagues and yield the floor.”