Political Quotes

“Mr. President, today I want to highlight several recent media reports uncovering very serious errors and possible fraud by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. First of all, let me define what we are talking about here, because it has been around for a long time but a lot of people have forgotten. Way back in 1988, the United Nations formed the IPCC--the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The whole idea was to try to determine whether manmade gases--anthropogenic gases, CO<INF>2</INF>, and methane--caused global warming, and if in fact global warming is taking place. It is hard on a day such as today, and the last few days, to be talking about global warming. I often say: Where is it when you need it? But nonetheless, you need to know three things about the IPCC: No. 1, the Obama administration calls it the gold standard of climate change science; No. 2, some say its reports on climate change represent the so-called consensus of scientific opinion about global warming; and No. 3, the IPCC and Al Gore were awarded the Nobel prize in 2007 for ``their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about manmade climate change.'' Put simply, what this means is that in elite circles the IPCC is a big deal.…”