Norman D. Dicks: “I am going to be brief here. The reason I offered this global warming amendment is because I believe this is a serious…”

“I am going to be brief here. The reason I offered this global warming amendment is because I believe this is a serious problem. When you have six former administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency saying this is a reality, when you have just heard Congressman Gilchrest talk about the increases in parts per million of carbon dioxide, and when you have the visible evidence of our glaciers melting, the Greenland ice sheet is melting at a faster rate, the polar bears are dying because there is not enough ice. I mean at some point can the majority here not figure out we ought to have some study, we ought to look into this, that this is a real issue that affects everyone on the Earth? While Alaska melts away, their Congressmen will be down here in D.C. and everybody will be wondering whatever happened to Alaska. All I am saying is this is a serious problem, and it is time for serious people to get serious, including the gentleman from Alaska.”