Senator Hillary Clinton
Biography
Hillary Rodham Clinton, First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, was elected junior Senator from New York in November 2000. Clinton grew up in Park Ridge, Illinois and attended Wellesley College and Yale Law School. In 1974 Clinton moved to Washington to work for the House Judiciary Committee's special counsel on the impeachment of Richard Nixon. She was an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas School of Law between 1974 and 1980. Throughout the 1980s, Clinton continued to practice law and serve on the board of the Children's Defense Fund and other organizations. In 1993, President Bill Clinton appointed her leader of his task force on health care reform. Senator Clinton currently serves on the Special Aging, Armed Services, Environment & Public Works, and Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committees. (2006 Almanac of American Politics)
Statements about global Warming
01/30/2007
"To me, the new report reinforces what I have believed for a number of years now: we know enough to know that it is time to act. We need to start on a path to slow, stop and reverse the growth of greenhouse gas emissions. It will require moving to new energy technology solutions. This is a daunting task. But I believe that inaction is the riskier course to both our environment and our economy. The longer we wait, the harder the transformation required by this challenge will become." Prepared Statement to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
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"[Global Warming is] an issue whose time has come. If we look at where we are ... we are not making progress. In fact, emissions are still going up. I'm hoping that we can get beyond the usual rhetoric and try to find some common ground." Call for 'climate summit' as scientists ponder grim report." Agence France Presse
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Videos
Clinton details tax incentive plan for energy efficiency
02/21/2008
Clinton says clean energy future will create jobs
02/21/2008
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