Political Quotes

“I think it is telling when former U.N. climate official Ottmar Edenhofer said regarding international climate policy, ``We redistribute de facto the world's wealth by climate policy.'' Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to defeat this rule and defeat the underlying legislation. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I include in the Record a Washington Post article entitled ``Trump on climate change: `People like myself, we have very high levels of intelligence but we're not necessarily such believers.' '' [From the Washington Post, Nov. 27, 2018] Trump on Climate Change: `People Like Myself, We Have Very High Levels of Intelligence but We're Not Necessarily Such Believers' (By Josh Dawsey, Philip Rucker, Brady Dennis and Chris Mooney) President Trump on Nov. 26 reacted to a major report issued Nov. 23 that said climate change will challenge the economy, environment, and human health. (The Washington Post) President Trump on Tuesday dismissed a landmark report compiled by 13 federal agencies detailing how damage from global warming is intensifying throughout the country, saying he is not among the ``believers'' who see climate change as a pressing problem. The comments were the president's most extensive yet on why he disagrees with his own government's analysis, which found that climate change poses a severe threat to the health of Americans, as well as to the country's infrastructure, economy and natural resources.…”