I struggled deeply about whether to support the American Clean Energy and Security Act, but I finally determined that voting for it was my best hope for making it better. Earlier today I voiced my strong objections to this bill. I voted against the rule to permit this debate because of its rejection of some amendments that I thought would have improved this legislation. I'm voting yes in the hope that we will have a better bill and we will have the international accord that we so desperately need to deal with this critical matter.

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