Rep. Johnson urges House to act on climate change

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA) spoke today on the House floor to again urge GOP leadership to address the need to act on the issue of climate change. Johnson pointed to the dangers climate change poses to the nation’s food production as yet another reason why the House should “stop denying reality and move forward” on a comprehensive plan to address the issue.

Click HERE to watch Rep. Johnson’s speech and see below for a full transcript:

Mister Speaker, as a member of the Safe Climate Caucus I want to urge my colleagues not to burying their heads in the sand – wake up – climate change is real and is already affecting the earth in profound ways.

The scientific consensus is clear: human activity is causing our planet to warm to dangerous levels.

Scientists agree that higher temperatures are raising sea levels and driving severe weather patterns that threaten our economy and our way of life.

Unpredictable and destructive weather patterns are making it harder for farmers to grow crops, while rising sea levels threaten our coastal cities and beaches from sea to shining sea.

Here in Congress, the majority refuses to even acknowledge we have a problem while the rest of the world seems to understand it’s the moral imperative of our time.

I urge my colleagues to put politics aside, listen to the science, and come together to begin to help prevent the worst effects of climate change.

I yield back.

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