Ed Markey: “I thank Bishop Carper--I mean Senator Carper as I continue preaching to the choir. There is no one who does it better…”

“I thank Bishop Carper--I mean Senator Carper as I continue preaching to the choir. There is no one who does it better than you do, and we have to continue to do this insistently, persistently, and constantly to make sure this message is heard. We thank you for all of your great leadership, Senator Carper. Senator Merkley will be joining us out here on the floor. We have so many other Members who are completely committed to this issue. It is absolutely essential that we make progress in 2019 and 2020 on this issue. We are speaking on the floor today about the just-concluded international climate negotiations in Poland--also called COP24. That means conference of parties. That means every nation on Earth. Twenty- four. The 24 times that every nation on Earth met to preserve the Earth, to make sure that this great gift God gave us is, in fact, passed on better than we found it and not potentially at great risk because we did not act. Unfortunately, given the focus of the Trump administration at the climate conference, you could say that we are here on the Senate floor not for a colloquy but for ``coal-oquy''--a discussion about the role of coal in our society. In a shameful moment for our country in the history of international climate negotiations, the United States formed a gaslighting group with Kuwait, Russia, and Saudi Arabia to downplay the findings on climate change while at the talks in Poland.…”