Waxman Says Senate Must Act on Bill As Soon as It Returns From August Recess

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Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, said Aug. 21 the Senate must take up climate change legislation as soon as lawmakers return to Washington, D.C., next month from the August recess.rn"We've got to get a bill . . . passed and signed by President Obama before the Copenhagen conference," Waxman said at a forum organized by the University of California, Los Angeles.rnWaxman was referring to the United Nations-sponsored meeting set for December in the Danish capital, where more than 190 nations will try to complete the next international climate change agreement.rnWith climate change legislation in place here, the United States can take a leadership role in battling global warming, he said.