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Arrington Votes Against Legislation Forcing the U.S. to Re-Enter Flawed Paris Climate Deal

Today, Congressman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) released the following statement after voting against the H.R. 9, the Climate Change Now Act, legislation that forces the United States to re-enter the Paris Climate Agreement unilaterally accepted under President Obama.

“The Paris Agreement was fundamentally flawed. It would have forced us to spend billions to subsidize the biggest polluters like India and give Russia and China a pass until 2030. Worst of all, it would have cost America hundreds of billions of dollars and millions of jobs, undermining our economic growth and penalizing the American people,” said Arrington. “The Paris Agreement was little more than political window dressing, but its negative effects on our economy would have been real: higher energy costs for our working families and a big wet blanket over our growing economy. Meanwhile, the United States leads the world in reducing carbon emissions - more than China and the EU combined. “We can and must balance environmental stewardship, economic growth and energy independence if we are to maintain American environmental and economic prosperity. HR 9 would force our President to agree to a bad deal that would achieve none of the above, and I strongly oppose it.” Congressman Jodey Arrington is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives serving the Nineteenth Congressional District of Texas. He serves as a member of the House Ways and Means Committee.