Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has nixed a provision in a routine Senate resolution commemorating International Women's Day, reported Gail Collins of the New York Times in her Thursday column.
A provision in the resolution, very similar to one passed in 2011, said women "are disproportionately affected by changes in climate because of their need to secure water, food and fuel for their livelihood."
Cruz objected earlier this month. "A provision expressing the Senate's views on such a controversial topic as 'climate change' has no place in a supposedly noncontroversial resolution requiring consent of all 100 U.S. senators," a Cruz spokesman told the Times.
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