Political Quotes

“Madam President, I come to this Chamber for the 131st time to urge this body to break free and wake up to what carbon pollution is doing to our atmosphere and our oceans. Last week, scientists at NOAA reported that carbon dioxide levels at their Mauna Loa Observatory jumped in 2015 by the largest year-to-year increase in 56 years of research. Pieter Tans, lead scientist at NOAA, said: Carbon dioxide levels are increasing faster than they have in hundreds of thousands of years. It's explosive compared to natural processes. We see the effects of this runaway carbon pollution everywhere, in ever-climbing temperatures, in ever-changing weather patterns, and in ever-rising, warming, and acidifying seas. But the Republican- controlled Congress refuses to take responsible action. They put their climate effort elsewhere, such as attacking former Vice President Al Gore for raising awareness of the real and looming climate crisis. One Republican colleague has railed against Mr. Gore, calling him ``the world's first climate billionaire,'' claiming that he is ``drowning in a sea of his own global warming illusions'' and faulting him for ``desperately trying to keep global warming alarmism alive today.'' Another prominent Republican, this one running for President, suggested ``the Nobel committee should take the Nobel Prize back from Al Gore.'' Others claim that cold or snowy weather proves Mr. Gore wrong.…”