On the recordApril 17, 2013
Ladies and gentlemen, I join you today to share an amusing note that one of my constituents posted on Facebook recently. He said: I carved my pumpkin, and it was snowing outside. Today, I dyed Easter eggs, and it's snowing outside. Congratulations, Mr. President. You've solved global warming. Now, that's amusing. Climate change is a serious issue, but we must recognize that we do not have this planet all to ourselves and that, when the Chinese are increasing elevenfold their profits on the production of coal, when they, in fact, have become the number one coal producer, when their equipment is about 30 to 50 percent less efficient than ours, we cannot solve this problem without a global solution, and we must have the Chinese act. We've done our part in going down this road to solve problems. We need the Chinese to act as well. ____________________
