,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #ce  ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,april  
#bb1 #bjai,mr4 ,raskin submitted the    
following concurrent resolution2 which  
was referred to the ,committee on       
,energy and ,commerce  ,,concurrent     
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
,congress that the ,united ,states is   
committed to ensuring a safe and healthy
 climate for future generations1 and to 
creating solutions for restoring the    
climate4  ,whereas humanity has a       
continuing obligation to provide future 
generations a safe and healthy climate1 
similar to the climate of a hundred     
years ago2 ,whereas the human species   
has never before lived with sustained   
atmospheric carbon dioxide 7,,co#b7     
levels above #cjj parts per million     
7ppm71 which were exceeded in #aibe2    
,whereas current ,,co#b levels are      
already about #daj ppm1 and are expected
 to rise to #dej ppm or higher by #bjej1
 based on current ,paris ,agreement     

goals2 ,whereas the ,international      
,panel on ,climate ,change 7,,ipcc7 has 
stated that temperatures corresponding  
to ,,co#b levels of #dej ppm or above   
will lead to grave damage to ecosystems2
 ,whereas restoring ,,co#b to levels of 
#cjj ppm requires removing about #a     
trillion tons of ,,co#b from the        
atmosphere1 and doing that in #bj to #ej
 years requires removing #ej gigatons   
7,,gt7 of ,,co#b 7which is equal to #ej 
billion tons7 per year from the         
atmosphere2 ,whereas multiple methods   
capable of ,,co#b removal from the      
atmosphere at #ej ,,gt ,,co#b per year  
have been demonstrated1 and annual costs
 for implementing these methods are     
expected to be less than #a to #c       
percent of global gross domestic product
 7,,gdp72 ,whereas if known methods     
prove to be incapable of removing #ej   
,,gt ,,co#b per year1 then we must      
develop other methods that will restore 
a safe and healthy climate for future   
generations2 ,whereas scientists have   

researched methods for keeping warming  
below #b ,c1 but have not yet researched
 the best methods to remove all excess  
,,co#b1 stop sea-level rise1 and restore
 a safe and healthy climate for future  
generations2 and ,whereas declaring a   
goal of restoring a safe and healthy    
climate will encourage scientists to    
research the most effective ways to     
restore safe ,,co#b levels1 stop        
sea-level rise1 and restore a safe and  
healthy climate for future generations3 
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that it is the 
sense of ,congress that the ,united     
,states is committed to ensuring a safe 
and healthy climate for future          
generations1 and to creating solutions  
for restoring the climate4