Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I yield myself as much time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, my amendment is straightforward. It would prevent any funds in this bill from being used for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is responsible for some of the worst multinational agreements we have signed onto. These agreements are technically implausible and have unrealistic emission goals in order to appease environmental extremists. This includes the flawed Paris Agreement, for example. Americans for Tax Reform estimates the Paris Agreement will cost the U.S. an estimated 6.5 million jobs by 2040 and reduce our GDP by over $2.5 trillion. {time} 1100 NERA Consulting estimates those numbers are even higher and that the Paris Agreement will cost the U.S. an estimated 31.6 million jobs by 2040 and reduce the GDP by over $3 trillion. In June of 2017, President Trump announced he will withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement, stating: ``The Paris Climate Accord is the latest example of Washington entering into an agreement that disadvantages the United States to the exclusive benefit of other countries, leaving American workers. . . . and taxpayers to absorb the cost in terms of lost jobs, lower wages, shuttered factories, and vastly diminished economic production.'' The U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change has also become a mechanism for executive overreach.…”