whitehouse: i further ask unanimous consent that greg pollack, who's serving as a legislative fellow for national security to senator reid of nevada be granted floor privileges for the duration of 2015. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you very much. mr. president, may i ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 15 minutes as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: mr. president as americans celebrate the 35th earth day this week, i rise for the 96th time -- i seem to be coinciding with the presiding officer's schedule so he's been treated to his share of these speeches -- to urge this body to wake up to the threat of climate change. it's real, not a hoax. it's caused by carbon pollution. and it's already making changes that we are already seeing in the world around us. we must cut our carbon pollution to prevent even bigger climate changes, changes in our atmosphere and oceans and human habitat potentially unprecedented in the history of our human habitation of this planet. yet the polluters who are producing th