WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), along with Representatives Brad Schneider (IL-10), Jared Huffman (CA-02), and Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05), was joined by more than 130 House Democrats to introduce a resolution condemning President Trump's Day One Executive Order to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement. A similar resolution was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and 21 Senators.
The resolution articulates the dire consequences of global climate change for U.S. national security, public health, prosperity, and the legacy we will leave to our children. It highlights historic investments the U.S. has made in clean energy technologies and combatting climate change over the past four years and makes clear that withdrawal from the Paris Agreement means ceding U.S. leadership on clean energy technologies and the good-paying jobs they create to countries overseas, especially China.
“As someone that worked on the Paris Climate Agreement at the United Nations, I know that Trump's Day One withdrawal from this agreement will do more than set us back decades on our climate goals--it will damage our nation's position as a leader on the world stage,” said Rep. Ansari, who serves as Ranking Member on the House Natural Resources Energy and Minerals Subcommittee. “And, as a Representative of Phoenix, Arizona, my constituents and I see the impacts of climate change--from deadly heat to devastating drought--every single day. I stand firmly with my colleagues in condemning this action.”
On November 4, 2020, the first Trump administration withdrew the United States from the Paris climate agreement. The Biden administration re-entered the United States back into the agreement in January 2021.
The Climate Action Campaign, a coalition consisting of twelve major U.S. environmental organizations, and the Natural Resources Defense Council endorse the resolution.
The 130+ House Democrats cosponsoring the resolution include Reps. Ansari, Schneider, Huffman, Meeks, Adams, Amo, Auchincloss, Barragan, Beatty, Bera, Beyer, Bonamici, Boyle, Brown, Brownley, Budzinski, Carbajal, Carter, Case, Casten, Castor, Castro, Cherfilus-McCormick, Chu, Cisneros, Clarke, Cleaver, Clyburn, Cohen, Connolly, Correa, Costa, Courtney, Crockett, Crow, Davids, DeGette, DeLauro, DeSaulnier, Dexter, Dingell, Doggett, Elfreth, Escobar, Fernandez, Fletcher, Foster, Foushee, Friedman, Garamendi, Chuy Garcia, Robert Garcia, Goldman, Gomez, Gottheimer, Grijalva, Hayes, Hoyer, Ivey, Jonathan Jackson, Jacobs, Jayapal, Hank Johnson, Kamlager-Dove, Keating, Kelly, Khanna, Krishnamoorthi, Larsen, Larson, Latimer, Summer Lee, Levin, Liccardo, Lynch, Magaziner, Matsui, McBath, McClain-Delaney, McClellan, McCollum, McGarvey, McGovern, Menendez, Meng, Min, Morelle, Moulton, Mullin, Nadler, Norton, Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Pappas, Panetta, Peters, Pingree, Pocan, Quigley, Ramirez, Randall, Ross, Sanchez, Scanlon, Schakowsky, Bobby Scott, Sherman, Sherrill, Adam Smith, Sorenson, Stanton, Stevens, Strickland, Subramanyam, Suozzi, Swalwell, Takano, Thanedar, Bennie Thompson, Mike Thompson, Titus, Tokuda, Tonko, Ritchie Torres, Underwood, Vargas, Velazquez, Waters, Watson Coleman, Whitesides, Nikema Williams, and Wilson.
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