Climate Change Chatter, Issue 13, SOTU Edition

Climate change was among the topics Obama mentioned in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday.

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On Tuesday, President Obama delivered the constitutionally required State of the Union address. Climate change was among the topics mentioned.

Climate change is a fact.

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—President Obama, January 28, 2014, State of the Union address

The president says it’s a fact, but it’s not a fact here [in the Senate].

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—Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), in response to Obama’s State of the Union

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