Ted Poe: “I am alarmed by news in Newsweek magazine. I quote: ``There are ominous signs that the Earth's weather patterns have…”

“I am alarmed by news in Newsweek magazine. I quote: ``There are ominous signs that the Earth's weather patterns have begun to change dramatically, and these changes may cause a drastic decline in food production. ``The evidence has begun to accumulate so massively that meteorologists are hard pressed to keep up with it. The changes in temperature have taken the planet a sixth of the way toward the Ice Age average.'' That's right, Mr. Speaker, this article from April 1975 predicts the next ice age. It even suggests melting the polar cap and stockpiling food. I believed these scientists and thought we were going to all freeze in the dark. Now meteorologists are claiming we're all doomed because of global warming. These meteorologists can't even predict tomorrow's weather, but claim to know as fact about global warming in the future. The climate is changing, but is it man's fault? Is it getting too cold or too hot? Can we control the weather? Scientists even today disagree. Before Congress continues to practice the religion of global warming and passing expensive legislation that takes away our personal liberty, we'd better come back to Earth and deal with the truth. And that's just the way it is.”