Republican Climate Change Resolution Introduced in the House

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Today, Representatives Carlos Curbelo (FL-26), Elise Stefanik (NY-21) and Ryan Costello (PA-06) led a group of House Republican colleagues in introducing a resolution that calls for using American innovation to improve environmental stewardship.

The lawmakers were joined by fourteen other Members of Congress: Reps. Mark Amodei (NV-02), Don Bacon (NE-02), Barbara Comstock (VA-10), John Faso (NY-19), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-08), John Katko (NY-24), Mia Love (UT-04), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27), Frank LoBiondo (NJ-02), Brian Mast (FL-18), Pat Meehan (PA-07), Tom Reed (NY-23), David Reichert (WA-08), and Mark Sanford (SC-01).

The resolution introduced today calls on the House of Representatives to commit to working on economically viable solutions that address the risks of climate change, calling on "American ingenuity, innovation, and exceptionalism, " and citing the "conservative principle to protect, conserve, and be good stewards of our environment."

"With forty percent of Florida's population at risk from sea-level rise, my state is on the front lines of climate change," said Curbelo, co-chair of the Climate Solutions Caucus. "South Florida residents are already beginning to feel the effects of climate change in their daily lives -- from chronic flooding to coral bleaching to threats to our freshwater supply in the Everglades. We cannot ignore these challenges and every Member of Congress has a responsibility to our constituents and future generations to support market-based solutions, investments, and innovations that could alleviate the effects of climate change and make our nation more resilient. Our goal with this resolution is to shift the debate from whether climate change is real toward the tangible efforts to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate its effects."

"I am pleased to introduce this resolution with so many of my Republican colleagues and I thank them for their support on this effort," said Stefanik. "Clean energy innovation is key to addressing the serious issue of climate change. This resolution brings together the priority of addressing the risks of climate change with the importance of protecting and creating American jobs. Innovation and clean energy are key to solving both. New York's 21st district is the proud home of the Adirondacks and we understand that protecting our environment plays an important role in promoting economic growth and opportunity."

"The preservation of the environment and our natural resources for future generations should be a priority for us all," said Costello, a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. "We should leverage conservative principles to develop innovative, economically viable ways to achieve this goal, including through clean energy technologies. I hope to see the Republican Climate Resolution gain momentum and be part of the solutions we advance this Congress."

The resolution calls for better environmental stewardship through "economically viable, and broadly supported private and public solutions to study and address the causes and effects of measured changes to our global and regional climates."

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