Connolly (VA) #14: Would change the short title to “Middle Eastern Economic Development and Assistance Act.”
Connolly (VA) #15: Would change the short title to “Protecting Americans from Polar Bears Act.”
Connolly (VA) #16: Would change the short title to “Koch Brothers Appreciation Act.”
Connolly (VA) #17: Would change the short title to “Oil Producing Economy Capitulation Act.”
Connolly (VA) #18: Would change the short title to “Head in the Sand Act.”
Connolly (VA) #19: Would express the sense of Congress that when Congress passed the Clean Air Act in 1970 it gave the EPA Administrator authority to regulate pollutants which would alter “climate” and “weather.”
Connolly (VA), Langevin (RI) #20: Would require that, prior to enactment, the Secretary of Defense must certify that the bill does not pose a threat to national security.
Connolly (VA), Quigley (IL) #23: Would reaffirm the finding that global warming is unequivocal and caused by humans as summarize by the 2007 International Panel on Climate Change report.
P.S. Think Progress has more on this story.
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