Political Quotes

“That includes 48 percent of Republicans as opposed to only 24 percent of Republicans who said they would be less likely to vote for such a candidate. So even among Republican voters, the balance tips in favor of climate action. If you look at young Republican voters--as I have said over and over on this floor--under the age of 35, they think climate denial is ignorant, out of touch, or crazy. Those are the words they selected in the poll, not my words. Let's move west to Arizona. The folks at NASA--a pretty reputable organization--have a rover driving around on Mars right now that they control. These are people who know something about what they are doing, and the folks at NASA have made understanding our planet and its systems their life's work. This month their researchers released a study showing an 80-percent chance of a decades-long what they call ``megadrought'' in the American Southwest, a multi-decade drought between 2050 and 2099 unless we act aggressively to mitigate the effects of climate change. Arizona could see half as much precipitation in the second half of the century as it did in the second half of the last century. It is a call to arms to protect the State of Arizona. Finally, here is this morning's newspaper headline: ``As ice melts, the future fades. Climate change may force Alaska natives to abandon their village.'' Lisa Murkowski, the Senator from Alaska, is quoted here.…”