S. Con. Res. 45 (Introduced in Senate) — Expressing the sense of Congress relating to the disapproval of certain activities of certain companies, trade associations, foundations, and organizations.

That Congress—

(1)

disapproves of activities by certain corporations, trade associations, foundations, and organizations funded by those corporations—

(A)

to deliberately mislead the public and undermine peer-reviewed scientific research about the dangers of their products; and

(B)

to deliberately cast doubt on science in order to protect their financial interests; and

(2)

urges fossil fuel companies and allied organizations to cooperate with active or future investigations into—

(A)

their climate-change related activities;

(B)

what they knew about climate change and when they knew that information;

(C)

what they knew about the harmful effects of fossil fuels on the climate; and

(D)

any activities to mislead the public about climate change.

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Jul 11, 2016viewing Introduced in Senate Mr. Whitehouse (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Schatz, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Warren, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Franken) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Expressing the sense of Congress relating to the disapproval of certain activities of certain companies, trade associations, foundations, and organizations.

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