Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent that the Politifact article that I referred to in my remarks be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Barack Obama Says the 12 Hottest Years on Record Have Come in the Last 15 Years During his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama touted the country's progress in reducing carbon pollution emissions but added that recent advances in fuel efficiency and renewable energy have not done enough to curb climate change. ``For the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change,'' Obama said. ``Now, it's true that no single event makes a trend. But the fact is, the 12 hottest years on record have all come in the last 15. Heat waves, droughts, wildfires, floods--all are now more frequent and more intense.'' In 2012, the country experienced severe weather threats including drought, a devastating Hurricane Sandy and severe thunderstorms. We decided to fact-check whether the 12 hottest years on record have all come since 1998. The White House directed us to NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, which tracks global surface temperatures. The institute concluded that 2012 was the ninth-warmest year on record, with 2010 and 2005 being the all-time highs. For the contiguous United States, 2012 was the country's warmest year yet. It beat the previous record by one degree Fahrenheit.…”