To express the sense of Congress regarding climate change.

SA 99. Mr. MANCHIN 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; as follows:

After section 2, insert the following:

SEC. ___. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CLIMATE CHANGE.

It is the sense of Congress that Congress is in agreement
with the opinion of virtually

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the entire worldwide scientific community and a growing
number of top national security experts, economists, and
others that--
(1) climate change is real;
(2) climate change is caused by human activities;
(3) climate change has already caused devastating problems
in the United States and around the world;
(4) the Energy Information Administration projects that
fossil fuels will continue to produce 68 percent of the
electricity in the United States through 2040; and
(5) it is imperative that the United States invest in
research and development for clean fossil fuel technology.
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