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On the recordMay 1, 2019
I think that it is very clear to say that this is a broad- based bill, and I do hope that we will pass it. We have the ability to work together to do it. =========================== NOTE =========================== May 1, 2019 on page H3373, the following appeared: I think that it is very clear to say that this is a broad-based bill, and I do hope that we will pass it. The online version has been corrected to read: Mr. ENGEL. I think that it is very clear to say that this is a broad-based bill, and I do hope that we will pass it. ========================= END NOTE ========================= I thank the ranking member for his offer to work together. We have a tradition of doing that on the Foreign Affairs Committee, and we will do it again. But climate change, global warming, is a factor. We can put our heads in the sand like an ostrich and pretend it is not there, but it is there and it is big; and if we don't do something about it soon, we are all going to pay the price in the future. Mr. Chair, I urge a ``yes'' vote for this important bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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