I believe the Trump administration's retreat puts the health and safety of our communities at great risk.
President Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris Agreement is unjustified and dangerously shortsighted.
It abdicates U.S. leadership on global climate action--an issue where America has always been a leader.
We cannot hide from the mantle and the accompanying responsibility of being the greatest nation on Earth.
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.
In late 2015, driven by American leadership, the world came together to acknowledge the threat of climate change...
No other country can do that other than the United States.
Thank you there, Mr. Chair and welcome to our witnesses.