Kerry, Gingrich announce climate showdown (DEBATE)

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Source: The Hill

By Jeremy Jacobs
April 05, 2007

Former House Speaker and possible presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.)
and 2004 Democratic nominee Sen. John Kerry (Mass.) are set to square off
on climate change next week, their staffs announced Thursday.

The debate, hosted by New York University’s John Brademas Center for the Study of Congress,
will take place next Tuesday, April 10, at 10 a.m. in the Russell Senate Office Building.

"Newt’s a guy who has spent a lot of time wrestling with climate change and the environment. He reads about it, he teaches about it, he writes about it,” Kerry said Thursday. “We don’t see eye to eye about everything, obviously, but that’s what makes for a good debate.

“As a father, when someone tells me that within the next decade, if we don't deal with global warming, our children and grandchildren may deal with global catastrophe, that tells me I damn well better do whatever I can to help make Washington deal with this responsibly,” Kerry added. “We need these good old-fashioned debates and forums and discussions to get everyone thinking creatively on both sides of the aisle.”

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