The fact of the matter is, when you look at the data, the reports have shown that the Clean Air Act saves about 160,000 lives a year.
It is not because of Rhode Island release that we are not an attainment State, it is because we are downwind of other States.
By now, it should be clear to everyone that better disclosure is desperately needed.
I contend that America is on the losing end of the largest transfer of wealth through theft and piracy in the history of mankind.
I would urge you to not mimic the ostrich that puts its head in the sand and look to the facts around you.
I think that the theory that the executive branch can't act or decide or respond to reality until Congress has directed it to is a mistake.
It is textbook science, it is not a theory in that sense. It is fully established and virtually unchallenged.
The amount of carbon pollution that mankind has released into the atmosphere is not a theory, it is a fact.
The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is not a theory, it is a fact.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Let me just begin by saying again how much I appreciate your leadership on this issue.
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