This Senate resolution says that climate change caused by burning fossil fuels is real and is supported by sound science. The text cites historical science and industry reports (including work by Svante Arrhenius, Edward Teller, Stanford researchers, Exxon, and Shell), findings from NASA and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the National Climate Assessments. The resolution also states that in 2025 an administration removed scientists working on a planned National Climate Assessment and took related materials offline. It concludes by saying climate change is not a hoax and that Congress should protect legislatively mandated climate research programs.
The resolution expresses the Senate sponsors' view that human-caused climate change is real and urges Congress to protect federal climate research programs. It does not itself change laws or create new programs in the text of the resolution.
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The sponsors — Senators Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy Klobuchar, Jeff Merkley, Brian Schatz, Edward Markey, Chris Van Hollen, Tammy Duckworth, Tina Smith, Alex Padilla, Peter Welch, and Lisa Blunt Rochester — say the scientific evidence and historical research show climate change is real, driven mainly by fossil fuel combustion, and that Congress should protect mandated climate research programs.
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