Kathy Castor: “I thank the gentleman. All of these efforts are creating the jobs of tomorrow in clean energy, in engineering, in energy…”

“I thank the gentleman. All of these efforts are creating the jobs of tomorrow in clean energy, in engineering, in energy efficiency and green building. So, colleagues, I urge you to defeat this resolution. It is largely a symbolic vote. A ``yes'' vote is one to ignore the costs and consequences of the changing climate, but if it passes, it will also be another low point for this Congress, a Congress that has demonstrated time and again an inability to deal with the complicated and thorny problems that face America. I predict that many will come to regret that legacy.”