An unidentified speaker on the floor argued Friday that climate change is real, human-caused and the product of fossil fuel combustion, and introduced a resolution urging Congress to protect legislatively mandated climate research programs.

"And equally undeniably, the climate is changing," the speaker said, adding that those changes are "human caused by fossil fuel emissions." The speaker cited a long scientific record dating to Svante Arrhenius in 1896 and referenced a 1982 Exxon chart that, the speaker said, accurately predicted rises in CO2 and temperature.

The speaker invoked NASA as an authoritative source, quoting a statement that there is "unequivocal evidence" Earth is warming at an unprecedented rate and that human activity is the principal cause. The remarks also cited U.S. national climate assessments (published, the speaker said, in 2000, 2009, 2014, 2018 and 2023) and argued those assessments are a key source of domestic climate-impact data.

The speech accused the fossil fuel industry of suppressing its own scientists' findings for decades and referenced investigative reporting and leaked internal memos in 2015 as evidence that companies knew of the risks. The speaker also described a graph attributed to Robert Bruhl that lists organizations that, the speaker said, propagate climate-denial campaigns and, in some cases, channel political funding.

On economic impacts, the speaker said climate change is already affecting insurance, mortgage and real estate markets, citing Florida as an example of property-value declines and stressed taxpayer support propping up insurance markets. The speaker referenced a December poll indicating "65% of American voters understand that climate change is increasing their cost of living." The speaker did not name the poll or provide a sponsoring organization in the transcript.

The resolution introduced, according to the speech, contains three core points: that climate change is real; that it is driven primarily by greenhouse-gas emissions from fossil fuels; and that Congress should protect legislatively mandated climate-research programs. The transcript records the introduction of the resolution but shows no motion text, mover, second or vote.

The speech was rhetorical and evidentiary in tone, relying on historical scientific references, industry documents cited by journalists and national science agencies. The next procedural step was not recorded in the transcript: no referral, committee action or floor vote on the introduced resolution appears in the provided segments.