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Wisconsin's Climate Change Deniers

Meet Wisconsin's climate change deniers.
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Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI-01)

In regard to man-made climate change, Rep. Paul Ryan said, ""I don't know the answer to that question. I don't think science does, either."

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Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI-05)

"I think that the science is inconclusive on this…I personally believe that the solar flares are more responsible for climatic cycles than anything that human beings do, and our lunar, or our rovers on Mars have indicated that there has been a slight warming in the atmosphere of Mars and that certainly was not caused by the internal combustion engine."

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Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI-06)

"This is this environmental stuff, this is the idea that is driven by this global warming thing. Global warming is not man-made and there is barely any global warming at all. There's been no global warming for the last twelve or thirteen years. I see a shortage of Republicans stepping up to the plate and saying, 'look, this global warming stuff is not going on.' It's ridiculous for the United States, of all the countries in the world, to be putting extra regulations on our business while the Chinese, the Indians, whatever are building new factories all the time. And our factories are stuck saying, 'you can't do this, you can't do this,' because you've got to reign in this global warming which doesn't exist anyway."

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Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI-07)

"While the President was touting his global warming campaign this winter, Wisconsinites were experiencing record low temperatures coupled with record high heating costs—often up to four times their normal bill with no guarantee of supplies."

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Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI-07)

"I believe we should be good stewards of the earth that God has given us and also be sensible and realistic about the ways in which we do that. Historically we know of two other periods of global warming, from 400BC to the time of Christ and from 1000 to 1400AD."

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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI)

"I've never denied climate change. It has always changed, always will. The sun has the primary effect on weather and climate on planet Earth, so I'm just not a climate change alarmist. Mankind has actually flourished in warmer temperatures."

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