Chaka Fattah: “I thank the chairman. And just as strongly as the chairman supports it, I oppose it. Even though I supported your last…”

“I thank the chairman. And just as strongly as the chairman supports it, I oppose it. Even though I supported your last amendment, this one is headed in the wrong direction. We have a need to deal with the challenges around our stewardship of the planet Earth and the questions around climate and working with our international neighbors. I want to commend the administration for getting an agreement with China around some of these issues. It is necessary for our children and our grandchildren and great-grandchildren that we act as proper stewards. It is our obligation, at least in most of our religious teachings, that we have a responsibility to be good stewards. So we can't ignore even for the point of profits. You mentioned how this might interfere with business interests. It is beyond the question of business interests. We need clean water, clean air, we need a climate that is capable of human habitation, at least until we can have Europa as a second exit opportunity. This is the only planet for human beings that we know of and we, therefore, have a responsibility. And the President under our Constitution is the carrier of our international activities in terms of the conduct of foreign policy, not this President or some other President, but the President of the United States has that burden and that responsibility under our Constitution. So I would hope that the House would vote this down. I know we won't.…”