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Bart Gordon: “Let me tell you what, I have just been through 3 hours of a hearing, 3 hours, where representatives of the IPCC, which…”

On the recordFebruary 8, 2007
Let me tell you what, I have just been through 3 hours of a hearing, 3 hours, where representatives of the IPCC, which represents 113 nations including the United States, came before us and said after 5 years of study, 30,000 comments, 600 scientists; they made a recommendation, and that recommendation was that with 100 percent certainty, there is global warming, and with 90 percent certainty, human action is making it worse. Today, our example is trying to do something about that. Today, we have the first bill on this floor to deal with alternative energy, to deal with making our Nation energy independent. So this is an example of us trying to move forward. It is a bipartisan bill.
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Bart Gordon
Democratic · Tennessee

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Discussing the importance of addressing global warming and energy independence during a floor debate.

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