<p>A witness who testified about climate change last week on Capitol Hill said a top Democrat issued an apology after he was grilled by Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) on the issue of carbon dioxide.</p>
<p>Gus Schumacher, an American cross-country skier who was invited by the Democrats, went viral over his exchange with Kennedy during a Budget Committee <a href="https://www.budget.senate.gov/hearings/recreation-at-risk-the-nature-of-climate-costs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hearing</a> on &#8220;Recreation at Risk: The Nature of Climate Costs.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Democrats want to spend $50 TRILLION to become carbon neutral &amp; held a hearing to tell us why.</p>
<p>Dem witness: Carbon dioxide is &quot;a huge part of our atmosphere.&quot;</p>
<p>Me: &quot;It’s actually a very small part of our atmosphere.&quot; (0.035%)</p>
<p>Dem witness: &quot;Well, okay. But, yeah. I don’t know.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/sSdbtsX7aq">pic.twitter.com/sSdbtsX7aq</a></p>
<p>&mdash; John Kennedy (@SenJohnKennedy) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenJohnKennedy/status/1770830505417576612?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>One particular moment at the start that drew much attention was when Kennedy corrected Schumacher after he said carbon dioxide is a &#8220;huge part&#8221; of the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere after noting he was not a &#8220;professional&#8221; to discuss the topic.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s actually a very small part of our atmosphere,&#8221; Kennedy replied.</p>
<p>Indeed, carbon dioxide makes up only about <a href="https://netl.doe.gov/carbon-management/carbon-storage/faqs/carbon-dioxide-101#:~:text=Carbon%20dioxide%20occurs%20naturally%20in,percent)%20in%20the%20Earth's%20atmosphere.&amp;text=Carbon%20dioxide%20is%20a%20minor,subsequently%20exhaled%20from%20the%20lungs." target="_blank" rel="noopener">0.04%</a> of the atmosphere. Although it is naturally present there, it is also <a href="https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/overview-greenhouse-gases" target="_blank" rel="noopener">considered</a> the planet&#8217;s primary greenhouse gas, emitted through human activities that are driving climate change.</p>
<p>As the discussion went on, Schumacher said he would like there to be a decrease in the use of fossil fuels that produce CO2 emissions, but he could not provide specifics on a timeline or how much money going carbon neutral would cost.</p>
<p>Schumacher later <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13238361/Climate-skier-Gus-Schumacher-kennedy-senate.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told DailyMail.com</a> that Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) offered him an apology and was &#8220;pretty cheerful&#8221; afterward.</p>
<p>&#8220;He apologized for Sen. Kennedy and mentioned that it&#8217;s not the first time he&#8217;s done that aggressive line of questioning that&#8217;s not entirely related,&#8221; Schumacher said.</p>
<p>He added, &#8220;&#8216;I don&#8217;t think anyone from my team was expecting that approach, he did a good job of making these questions really silly.&#8221;</p>
<p>Schumacher also said he was &#8220;a little bit flustered&#8221; after the line of questioning from Kennedy. &#8220;That spoke to my inability to answer questions on CO2, but I wasn&#8217;t too red in the face,&#8221; he said.</p>
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<p>Kennedy posted a video of his exchange with Schumacher to X.</p>
<p>&#8220;Democrats want to spend $50 TRILLION to become carbon neutral &amp; held a hearing to tell us why,&#8221; he said before quoting the exchange about how much carbon dioxide is in the atmosphere.</p>
<p>In addition to questions about carbon dioxide, Kennedy pressed Schumacher about social media posts in 2020 about racism and the criminal justice system.</p>
<p>Schumacher pushed back, claiming the questions were &#8220;off topic&#8221; and that he was there as an athlete to discuss the effects of climate change on his sport.</p>

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