Paul Tonko made an opening statement during the session.
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The United States, for example, committed to reduce its emissions by 26 to 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.
But that takes Congress getting serious.
If anyone thinks it is too difficult to achieve, they should say so and push for a different target.
The ingenuity of the Paris Agreement is that it builds from the bottom up.