Lincoln Diaz-Balart: “I thank the gentleman from Florida for this amendment because he raises some very important issues regarding the Paris…”

“I thank the gentleman from Florida for this amendment because he raises some very important issues regarding the Paris Agreement. Even if it were true that global emissions would result in this global apocalypse in the distant future, the truth is that most developing countries are irrelevant in any climate model used to speculate about temperatures 100 years down the road. These countries have emissions that are nearly undetectable when compared to the real culprits, which are China and other countries in Asia which, by the way, are exempt for the most part from this climate accord. So while our bill already prohibits funds for the Green Climate Fund, the Clean Technology Fund, and other vehicles that could be used to carry out this Paris Agreement, I agree with the gentleman that we should ensure that no parts of this wasteful spending, this virtue signaling, is allowed to continue. I thank the gentleman for yielding me the time, and I strongly support his amendment.”