Jay Inslee: “Mr. Chairman, modest uncertainty is not an excuse for major inaction. When the captain of the Titanic steamed out and…”

“Mr. Chairman, modest uncertainty is not an excuse for major inaction. When the captain of the Titanic steamed out and just kept going straight at the same speed because he was not sure if there was an iceberg there, because he was uncertain if there was an iceberg there, that was a mistake. And this body, with the language in this bill, which now continues to ignore this problem of global climate change, is a major mistake. I am just going to ask my friends across the aisle to look at two things that happened today within a quarter mile of this building. Number one, The Washington Post, headline this morning: ``Penguins In Major Decline. Fifty percent of these stocks are disappearing in the Antarctic.'' Why? Because they have had a reduction of ice in the Antarctic, a death of the crill population that penguins rely on and a potential huge collapse in a couple of their populations. It happened today. I am just going to ask people across the aisle to not adopt the attitude of the ostrich and ignore these facts.”