\u201cClimate change is an issue that is personal to me, and it has been since the 1980s, when we were organizing the very first climate hearings in the Senate\u2026. Al Gore, Tim Wirth, and a group of us organized the first hearings in the Senate on this, 1988. We heard Jim Hansen sit in front of us and tell us it\u2019s happening now, 1988.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013Secretary of State John F. Kerry, remarks to the Atlantic Council<\/a>, March 12, 2015<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Yep \u2013 Kerry claims he was right there with Gore, helping to organize the \u201cfirst\u201d hearings on the matter.<\/p>\n He\u2019s made very similar claims on multiple previous occasions. And, finally, someone decided to fact-check him on it.<\/p>\n Specifically, Glenn Kessler \u2013 the guy who write\u2019s the Washington Post<\/em> \u201cFact Checker\u201d column – fact checked the SECSTATE’s claim. And here\u2019s what Kessler had to say about that claim:<\/p>\n Yeah, that means what you think it does: Kerry lied. Through his teeth. With a straight face.<\/p>\n Raise your hand if this caught you by surprise. Yeah, didn\u2019t think so.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/img.washingtonpost.com\/rw\/WashingtonPost\/Content\/Blogs\/fact-checker\/StandingArt\/pinocchio_4.jpg\")
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