Posted on 09/01/2016 12:07:42 PM PDT by jazusamo
The chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee denounced on Thursday the anticipated move by President Obama to enter into the Paris climate accord, accusing him of working around Congress on a deal doomed to failure.
Sen. Jim Inhofe, Oklahoma Republican, made his comments based on the widely expected announcement that Mr. Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping will jointly ratify this week the Paris Agreement, negotiated in December by 195 nations as part of the U.N. Conference of Parties (COP21).
“This latest announcement is the president attempting to once again give the international community the appearance that he can go around Congress in order to achieve his unpopular and widely rejected climate agenda for his legacy,” Mr. Inhofe said.
His statement comes as the first from Senate Republicans since last week’s report out of China that the presidents would enter into the agreement as early as Friday during Mr. Obama’s trip to China for the G-20 Summit.
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Treaties require the assent of the Senate. Obama is deceiving other nations.
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