House Science Committee Chair Lamar Smith Slams Obama's "Climate Resilience Fund" As Scientifically Baseless
February 15, 2014 • 9:10AM
House
Science Committee Chair Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) released a
statement tonight, denouncing Obama's new call for a Climate Resilience
Fund, as having "no scientific support," in its assertion that the
Western droughts are from climate change, imputed to the activities of
man. Obama issued his call today in California, where he visited sites
of extreme drought, and promoted the pretense of Federal aid, consisting
of a $300 million package of motley measures.
Smith's press release, from his Washington, D.C. office, began:
"Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) released the following statement following a speech by President Obama announcing a new $1 billion Climate Resilience Fund that will be included in his administrations budget proposal next month.
"Chairman Smith: In order to push his costly climate change agenda, the President is once again linking extreme weather to climate change—with no scientific support. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found that climate change was not a significant part of the recent Texas droughts. And the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found that in some regions droughts have become less frequent, less intense, or shorter, for example, central North America . Drought is a serious problem that should not be used to justify a partisan agenda or a new billion dollar climate change fund. Over the last five years, the federal government has already spent $77 billion on climate change. And what do we have to show for that money?"
Smith otherwise promoted a bill passed on Feb. 10 by a House vote of 365 to 21 (H.R. 2431), the "National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) Reauthorization Act," which reauthorizes the drought monitoring process through 2018, to provide information (see www.drought.gov) for lawmakers, farmers, water management officers, etc.
Smith's press release, from his Washington, D.C. office, began:
"Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) released the following statement following a speech by President Obama announcing a new $1 billion Climate Resilience Fund that will be included in his administrations budget proposal next month.
"Chairman Smith: In order to push his costly climate change agenda, the President is once again linking extreme weather to climate change—with no scientific support. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found that climate change was not a significant part of the recent Texas droughts. And the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found that in some regions droughts have become less frequent, less intense, or shorter, for example, central North America . Drought is a serious problem that should not be used to justify a partisan agenda or a new billion dollar climate change fund. Over the last five years, the federal government has already spent $77 billion on climate change. And what do we have to show for that money?"
Smith otherwise promoted a bill passed on Feb. 10 by a House vote of 365 to 21 (H.R. 2431), the "National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) Reauthorization Act," which reauthorizes the drought monitoring process through 2018, to provide information (see www.drought.gov) for lawmakers, farmers, water management officers, etc.
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