,,iii  #aai? ,,congress  #a/ ,session   
,s4 ,,res4 #eej  ,,9 ,,! ,,s5ate ,,( ,,!
 ,,unit$ ,,/ates  ,decemb] #ag1         
#bjbe,mr4 ,:iteh\se 7= himself1 ,ms4    
,klobu*>1 ,mr4 ,m]kley1 ,mr4 ,s*atz1    
,mr4 ,m>key1 ,mr4 ,van ,holl51 ,ms4     
,duckwor?1 ,ms4 ,smi?1 ,mr4 ,padilla1   
,mr4 ,wel*1 & ,ms4 ,blunt ,ro*e/]7      
submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2 :i* 0     
ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,environm5t & 
,public ,works  ,,resolution  ,recogniz+
 t climate *ange is n a hoax1 b s\nd    
sci5ce4  ,:]eas1 #abi ye>s ago1 9 #ahif1
 ,sw$i% sci5ti/ ,svante ,arrh5ius       
conclud$ t gre5h\se gas emissions f     
human activities contribute to a global 
gre5h\se effect driv+ global w>m+2      
,:]eas1 9 #aiei1 at a celebration ( !   
#ajj-ye> anniv]s>y ( ! fossil-fuel      
indu/ry1 physici/ ,edw>d ,tell] w>n$    
att5d+ repres5tatives ( major oil       
companies t gre5h\se gas emissions f    
burn+ fossil fuels cause a gre5h\se gas 
effect & t increas$ use ( fossil fuels  
w\ld cause global w>m+ & sev]e sea level

 rise2 ,:]eas1 9 #aifh1 ,/an=d rese>*]s 
produc$ a report = ! ,am]ican ,petroleum
 ,in/itute1 f9d+ t atmosph]ic c>bon     
dioxide levels 7 ris+1 t no explanation 
= ?is rise seemed to fit ! pres5tly     
obs]v$ situation z well z ! fossil fuel 
emanation !ory1 & t pot5tial damage to  
our environm5t f ?is rise c\ld be sev]e2
 ,:]eas1 f #aigj ?r\gh #bjjc1 ,exxon    
sci5ti/s produc$ a s]ies ( reports &    
projections on gre5h\se gas-driv5       
climate *ange1 pr$ict+ w>m+ ( #j4bj     
degrees ,celsius p] decade1 :i* accord+ 
to rec5t analysis by ,h>v>d rese>*]s1   
reflect$ %ock+ skill & accuracy2 ,:]eas1
 9 #aihh1 a ,%ell work+ gr\p produc$ a  
confid5tial report entitl$ ,! ,gre5h\se 
,effect1 :i* quantifi$ ,%ell's own      
contribution to global c>bon dioxide    
emissions1 pr$ict$ t global c>bon       
dioxide levels c\ld d\ble by #bjcj1 &   
describ$ a s]ies ( climate *ange        
impacts1 includ+ ris+ sea levels1 ocean 
acidification1 & =c$ migration2 ,:]eas  
#ii4ii p]c5t ( pe]-review$ sci5tific    

pap]s agree t climate *ange is happ5+ & 
t human activity1 & specifically ! burn+
 ( fossil fuels1 is ! ma9 cause (       
climate *ange2 ,:]eas1 z report$ by !   
,national ,a]onautics & ,space          
,adm9i/ration 7,,nasa71 data f ice      
cores1 rocks1 tree r+s1 & satellites &  
o!r in/rum5ts all %[ ! signs ( a *ang+  
climate2 ,:]eas1 z ( ,augu/ #e1 #bjbe1  
,,nasa ma9ta9s t !re is unequivocal     
evid5ce t ,e>? is w>m+ at an unprec$5t$ 
rate & t human activity is ! pr9cipal   
cause ( ?is w>m+2 ,:]eas1 9 its ,six?   
,climate ,assessm5t 9 #bjba1 !          
,int]gov]nm5tal ,panel on ,climate      
,*ange f\nd t ! 8evid5ce is unequivocal3
 climate *ange is a grave & m\nt+ ?reat 
to human wellbe+ & ! heal? ( ! planet2  
,:]eas ! mo/ compreh5sive s\rce ( data  
on climate impacts 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates c  
be f\nd 9 ! ,national ,climate          
,assessm5ts m&at$ by ,congress "u !     
,global ,*ange ,rese>* ,act ( #aiij 7#ae
 ,u4,s4,c4 #biba et seq47 & coord9at$ "u
 ! ,unit$ ,/ates ,global ,*ange ,rese>* 

,program 7e/abli%$ "u section #ajc ( !  
,global ,*ange ,rese>* ,act ( #aiij 7#ae
 ,u4,s4,c4 #bicc771 compris+ #ae ,f$]al 
ag5cies & subject to multiple r\nds (   
exp]t & gov]nm5tal review1 includ+      
evaluation by ,f$]al ag5cies1 ext]nal   
exp]ts1 ! public1 & a ,national ,academy
 ( ,sci5ces1 ,eng9e]+1 & ,m$ic9e review 
committee & publi%$ 9 #bjjj1 #bjji1     
#bjad1 #bjag1 #bjah1 & #bjbc2 ,:]eas a  
six? ,national ,climate ,assessm5t 0    
plann$ = #bjbh1 b 9 #bjbe ! adm9i/ration
 ( ,presid5t ,donald ,trump fir$ all !  
sci5ti/s & rese>*]s work+ on ! project1 
pull$ ! mo/ rec5t ,national ,climate    
,assessm5t (fl9e1 & %ut d[n ! ,unit$    
,/ates ,global ,*ange ,rese>* ,program  
website2 & ,:]eas gre5h\se-gas driv5    
climate *ange is driv+ extreme wea!r1   
sea-level rise1 heat waves1 cata/rophic 
wildfires1 & o!r disa/]s1 :i* 9 turn are
 beg9n+ to disrupt insurance1 mortgage1 
& real e/ate m>kets3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be x   
,t-- 7#a7 climate *ange caus$ by fossil 
fuel combu/ion is n a hoax2  7#b7 !     

reality ( human-caus$ gre5h\se gas-driv5
 climate *ange is s\nd sci5ce2 &  7#c7  
,congress %\ld protect legislatively    
m&at$ climate rese>* programs4