,,iii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #efb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december 
#ag1 #bjbe,mr4 ,whitehouse 7for himself1
 ,mr4 ,merkley1 ,mr4 ,schatz1 ,mr4      
,markey1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,ms4        
,duckworth1 ,mr4 ,padilla1 ,mr4 ,welch1 
and ,ms4 ,blunt ,rochester7 submitted   
the following resolution2 which was     
referred to the ,committee on           
,environment and ,public ,works         
,,resolution  ,recognizing that ozone   
pollution can cause lung disease1 asthma
 attacks1 cardiovascular problems1 and  
reproductive issues4  ,whereas ozone in 
the stratosphere1 the ozone layer1 forms
 naturally and protects the ,earth from 
dangerous solar radiation2 ,whereas     
ground-level ozone1 better known as     
smog1 forms when air pollution reacts   
with sunlight2 ,whereas smog1 in        
contrast to stratospheric ozone1 is     
dangerous to human health2 ,whereas     
exposure to smog causes asthma attacks1 
lung disease1 nervous system issues1    

cardiovascular problems1 and            
reproductive issues2 ,whereas children  
are particularly vulnerable to smog     
pollution2 ,whereas1 in #bjba1 analysts 
found that long-term exposure to smog   
contributed to #dhi1jjj deaths globally 
and #ad1jjj deaths in the ,united       
,states1 with the ,united ,states death 
rate being higher than that of other    
high-income countries2 ,whereas smog    
pollution lowers crop yields and crop   
losses due to smog pollution total      
between #gi1jjj1jjj and #aba1jjj1jjj    
metric tons per year2 ,whereas methane  
pollution 7the primary constituent of   
natural gas7 reacts with other          
pollutants to create smog pollution2    
,whereas researchers have found that    
methane emissions significantly affect  
the air quality across most of the      
,united ,states1 with especially        
pronounced effects in central ,states1  
and methane emissions can have a        
determining influence on the ability of 
a region to meet ,national ,ambient ,air

 ,quality ,standards for ozone that are 
set by the ,environmental ,protection   
,agency2 ,whereas1 in #bjbd1 the        
,environmental ,protection ,agency set  
methane standards that were projected to
 eliminate #eh1jjj1jjj tons of methane  
pollution over #ae years1 a #gi percent 
reduction from business as usual2 and   
,whereas the ,trump ,administration is  
reconsidering the #bjbd methane         
standards set by the ,environmental     
,protection ,agency3 ,now1 therefore1 be
 it ,that-- 7#a7 the ,senate recognizes 
that ozone pollution can cause lung     
disease1 asthma attacks1 cardiovascular 
problems1 and reproductive issues2 and  
7#b7 it is the sense of the ,senate that
 the ,environmental ,protection ,agency 
should act to reduce smog pollution1    
including by supporting robust          
implementation of the #bjbd methane     
standards4