S.Amdt. 8

SA 8. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2 proposed by Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Mr. Hoeven, Mr.
Barrasso, Mr. Risch, Mr. Lee, Mr. Flake, Mr. Daines, Mr. Manchin, Mr.
Cassidy, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Portman, Mr. Alexander, and Mrs. Capito) to
the bill S. 1, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; which was ordered
to lie on the table; as follows:

After section 2, insert the following:

SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CLIMATE CHANGE.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) climate change is solvable and urgent;
(2) stopping climate change will improve the health of all
the people of the United States, especially children, the
elderly, and people with chronic illnesses, by reducing air
pollution and water pollution;
(3) families in the United States will benefit economically
from transitioning to clean energy, such as solar and wind,
and away from dirty energy, such as oil and coal, as soon as
possible; and
(4) climate change--
(A) is real;
(B) is mostly due to human activities; and
(C) has already begun affecting the weather in the United
States.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
Congress should--
(1) take action to reduce heat-trapping pollution; and
(2) encourage other countries to reduce heat-trapping
pollution.
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