Diplomatic solution that is the preferred solution. Im very cleareyed about the iranian threat. Not only the Nuclear Threat ask not only the history of past events, but current events. Human Rights Violations have been mentioned and a history of and current practices that are bellicose and destabilizing of other governments in the region and beyond. And it is the case that the sanctions that congress has put in place in so many i have not been part of that legislation. I came here after the legislation was passed, but i can praise those who have been here for putting tough sanctions in place, the vote in 2011 was 1000 in this body, and the administration has been able to utilize sanctions to bring iran to the table because it has crippled their economy and isolated them in the international community. But sanctions are not enough to stop an Iranian Nuclear program. And the one thing that i think you would say if you looked at the history is that the sanctions have crippled the economy.
National oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the numbers from the National Academy of sciences and said they really drive me to the judgment that Climate Change is the scientific equivalent of a speeding mack truck. But, madam president , i believe numbers really dont capture this discussion fully because what people really want to know is whats the impact of Climate Change in their community . What does it really mean for them in actually their part of our country . So to get into those impacts, i want to start with one that is really shellacking my home state, and that is these wildfires that are burning longer, getting hotter and starting earlier. Drought and high temperatures from Climate Change are driving all of this. During the early part of this past year, fires and intense wildfires burned across parts of the United States, threatening Population Centers and destroying hundreds of homes, and this winter, fires have already burned in western oregon, something that used to b
Geothermal, biofuels, the way they are doing now in europe and even in countries like china and india, then 25 years from now, tom and kay will know that a sustainable lifestyle is possible and their children can look forward to a much safer and more secure second half of the 20th century. From kim marion of westminster, massachusetts, i expect to see more Severe Weather patterns, colder colds, warmer warms, drier days, wetter floods, bigger storms, higher which winds, more dust, more mud, loss of marginal growth plant and animal life. I have many, many more letters. As i said, i received more than 5,000 letters from people in massachusetts and across the country. I wish i could read every one of them. I dont kid myself. We are up against an army of lobbyists, and we will not win all the fights ahead. But here in the United States senate we have leaders who will fight as hard as we can to protect our environmental future. The senator from rhode island, senator whitehouse, has shown ded