Political Quotes

“since my friend from across the aisle raised the issue of climate change, I will use the remainder of my time to talk about that issue because I will urge my colleagues to vote no on amendment No. 777. We voted earlier--and it was a unanimous vote--that climate change is real. I believe virtually everyone agrees that over time the Earth's climate has shifted at various levels of speed and in various directions. I had an opportunity to go on a trip to China, and we visited one of the country's labs researching climate change. I had the opportunity to tour the lab with the Senator from Illinois, Mr. Durbin. One of the amazing things was--as we finished the tour after looking at five different ways the scientists were measuring what caused climate change and how real it was--when Senator Durbin said to me: I am sure glad Senator Inhofe is not with us because this backs up everything Senator Inhofe has been saying. So climate change is an issue that has not really been resolved among all the scientists, even in some countries that have different opinions than we do. Every snowstorm, every heat wave that we have today--we have changed it from global warming to climate change because now we are blaming everything on this phenomenon.…”