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“Mr. Chair, no one denies that the 1973 Clean Air Act isn't law. No one denies that. But what we are pointing out is that, with the Paris accord, it activates section 115 in a way never perceived that to happen in 1973 when the law was passed. They didn't think that other governments were going to control the United States State by State by State. But that is indeed what can happen here--and probably what will happen here. Pursuant to the agenda of the administration to reduce CO<INF>2</INF> produced by United States by 80 percent, I know that the air was dirtier in 1973, as you said, when you were in high school or what have you, but what this is going to do is take us back to the 1900s, before the time of cars and X-rays and refrigerators and everything that makes a 21st century life livable for us. That is what this is going to do, if we allow the President's agenda to role forward with the Paris climate accord enshrined and then enacted through the Clean Air Act and section 115. All this amendment wishes to do and seeks to do is make sure that that statute isn't enacted, per the Paris climate agreement--not a treaty, an agreement--between individuals, not between our countries Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time. Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Chair, how much time do I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Minnesota has 1 minute remaining. Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Chair, the debate couldn't be clearer here right now.…”