mr. tonko: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 583, the preventing illegal radio abuse through enforcement or pirate act. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 583. a bill to amend the communications act of 1934, to provide for enhanced penalties for pirate radio and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from new york, mr. tonko, and the gentleman from ohio, mr. latta, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. tonko: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the measure under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. tonko: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. tonko: thank you, mr. speaker.

i'll now recognize mr. tonko. mr. tonko: thank you, madam chairman. i thank chairwoman johnson for holding what i think is a very important hearing today and for our witnesses for joining us. i am beyond excited as a committee we are committing to seriously examining and addressing the urgent threat of climate change. glad that this majority is focused on climate change and we have stepped up to face the task at hand. in particular, as a member of the science committee, i'm proud that after so many years of inaction we're moving forward and giving this critical issue the time and focus it deserves and requires. inaction is expensive. as we address climate change, our planning must be science-based and evidence-based. the overwhelmingly majority of the scientific community knows that climate change is happening and that we are already feeling the impact. the scientific evidence on climate change clearly tells us that we need to take action. taking action means there will be challenges but also opportunities. we have a real opportunity to transform our

mr. tonko: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 583, the preventing illegal radio abuse through enforcement or pirate act. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 583. a bill to amend the communications act of 1934, to provide for enhanced penalties for pirate radio and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore

but then going for the snake step, could not -- again, and i would love to talk with mr. tonko. we eseach other almost every morning anyway. this is a bill that hits to the law that's not being enforced. judge, i think you probably saw that on the bench. there's just not enforced because they're hard. because the law that is on the books to enforce is deaf -- difficult. but they're on books and my question actually becomes, and thanks question where when we have the hearing, it said it will save at the end of the day, the police chief from houston made a comment, it came i think to the help of the committee and it was actually a good comment. he said, if it will just save one. i can't disagree with that. but my concern is, would it put others in danger? and that was the flip side of this. by some of the concerns of the cost -- some of the concerns that were going through here would. it put someone in zanger? a domestic violence victim, i could not let them borrow a gun. if we knew it, there's other issues when we talk about imminent. if you think something you're going to deal w

. >> thank you, i'll recognize mr. tonko. >> thank you madam chairwoman and i thank madam johnson for holding what is a very important hearing for our witnesses for joining us. i'm beyond excited as a committee we are committed to examining and addressing the urgent threat of climate change. i'm glad this majority is focused on this and that we have stepped up and faced the task at hand. as a member of the science committee, i'm proud after so many years of inaction we're giving this critical issue the time and focus it deserves and requires. inaction is expensive. as we address climate change our planning must be science-based and evident-based. the overwhelming majority of the scientific community knows climate change is happening and that we are already feeling the impacts, the scientific evidence on climate change tells us we need to take action. taking action mean there is will be challenges but opportunities. we have a real opportunity to transform our economy to one that is cleaner, safer and more just. we have