Markey: House Will Keep Global Warming Discussion Alive
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Markey: House Will Keep Global Warming Discussion Alive
WASHINGTON (June 6, 2008) – Chairman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming and the author of the Investing in Climate Action and Protection Act (HR 6186) today gave the following statement following the United States Senate’s cloture vote on the Climate Security Act.
“Today a majority of Senators went on record saying they would support mandatory limits on global warming pollution, and it is now time for the House to continue this urgent discussion and move closer towards a national pollution solution.
“I look forward to a robust and effective discussion on climate legislation in the Energy and Commerce Committee with Chairman Dingell, Chairman Boucher, and all of my colleagues.
“Senators Boxer, Lieberman and Warner and many others have taken us farther down the road towards planetary salvation than Congress has ever gone before. With scientists saying time is running out to cut heat-trapping emissions and avoid the worst effects of global warming, it is time for all of us to band together and take the final strides necessary to complete this race against planetary destruction.”
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