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Sanity on global warming

Sanity on global warming has finally appeared in Washington. D.C., with the vote in July on the 2018 Defense Bill, H.R. 2810. In acting on amendments to this bill, a group of Republican representatives, members of the bipartisan House Climate Caucus, voted to keep language in this bill beneficial to recognizing and combating global warming. This brave and successful action was contrary to the latest Republican platform that states “climate change is far from this Nation’s most pressing national security issue.”

Contained in Section 336 of H.R. 2810 are statements by the current secretary of defense and by Robert Gates, among numerous other defense experts who contradict the GOP platform’s estimation.

Among these Republican House members was Rep. David Reichert of the 8th Congressional District in Washington. Our Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers could take a lesson from his actions and support future global warming legislation to the long term benefit of the timber and agriculture industries in the 5th Congressional District.

The culminating legislation could be the carbon fee and dividend bill being proposed by the Citizen’s Climate Lobby and for which there is support in the House Climate Caucus.

Bruce Bailey

Colville

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