Peter Visclosky: “I do think this debate is what is best about the House of Representatives. I think everyone who has spoken today is…”

“I do think this debate is what is best about the House of Representatives. I think everyone who has spoken today is agreed on fundamental policy, and that is Kyoto has not been ratified, it is not the law of the land and it should not, therefore, be implemented. Kyoto did not come from the vacuum of space; it did not come from Bill Clinton's mind. The fact is, it is a point on a continuum that began under the George Bush administration pursuant to a treaty President Bush signed on May 9, 1992, that was ratified by the United States Senate on October 7 of 1992, and the instrument of ratification was signed on October 13. My concern about the language that has been included in a number of bills is that we would be placing qualitative and quantitative restrictions on thought, on judgment, on opinion, and on the preexchange of information which, in the end, is to all of our benefit to make sure that that is not impeded.”