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Lamar Smith: Recently a prominent New York Times columnist recycled disproven assertions to criticize businessman Donald Trump's…

On the recordMay 24, 2016
Recently a prominent New York Times columnist recycled disproven assertions to criticize businessman Donald Trump's views on climate change. This type of alarmist rhetoric is what we have come to expect from liberal pundits and the media, but science doesn't back the columnist's claims. Extreme weather events are not getting weirder. There is no evidence that weather events such as hurricanes, tornados, droughts, and floods have increased in number due to climate change. Last year, at the Paris climate conference, the President said that fish swim in the streets of Miami because of a downpour caused by climate change. He was immediately contradicted by his own government agency that said the flooding was due to lunar cycles, not climate change. Climate alarmists should speak the truth, not try to promote a political agenda. ____________________
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Lamar Smith
Republican · Texas
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May 24, 2016

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