The Warmest January to April Ever

Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, back in February, when Washington was slammed with record-breaking snowstorms, many of my Republican colleagues stood on this very floor and made scientific conclusions that there was not climate change. Many Republicans seemed to suggest Vice President Gore come back and build an igloo on the White House.

Well, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released information that says we had the warmest January to April ever, the warmest January to April ever since they started collecting data in 1880. And what do we get from our Republican colleagues? More drilling, more drilling. Not safeguards, but more drilling.

They go out and hold a press conference and ask for more offshore drilling. Rather than that, they should call for more solar investment, rebates for Americans to have solar technology, and get us away from fossil fuels that are ruining the gulf and causing the greatest disaster we have known in the Gulf of Mexico and ecological disaster we have known on this Earth.

While it's unclear what caused this tragic spill, what we can do to prevent future catastrophes is clear: We need to get away from fossil fuels. But Republicans are only interested in lining the pockets of oil companies and making sure that they have the opportunity to drill, drill, drill; spill, spill, spill. We need to stop it, and we need to get a policy that works.

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