Press Conference On Global Warming With Senate Democrats

Statement

SEN. SANDERS: To pick up on Senator Boxer's point, it is impossible to underestimate the sea change that we now see. It's not only that you have a president who understands the severity of the problem, but he is willing to be aggressive in addressing it from a global warming perspective.

And as Senator Boxer said, very importantly, this is an economic issue, as well. If we're going to get out of this recession, if we are going to create millions of new, decent-paying jobs, it's imperative that we move aggressively on energy efficiency and sustainable energy.

And lastly, from a geopolitical point of view, if we do not want to find ourselves in wars in Iraq again, we have got to stop importing $700 billion every year from foreign countries and become energy independent.

So all of these things, I think, are going to be a central aspect of what this Congress is going to address, and I'm delighted to hear what Senator Boxer has to say.

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