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CRELL, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. PETERS, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. 
POCAN, Mr. POLIS, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. 
RASKIN, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. RICHMOND, Ms. ROSEN, Ms. ROY-
BAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. 
SABLAN, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, 
Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SEWELL of 
Alabama, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. 
SMITH of Washington, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SOTO, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. 
SWALWELL of California, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, 
Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. TITUS, Mr. TONKO, Mrs. TORRES, Ms. 
TSONGAS, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, 
Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. MAXINE WATERS of Cali-
fornia, Mr. WELCH, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. YARMUTH, and Ms. 
BLUNT ROCHESTER) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing strong disapproval of the President’s announce-
ment to withdraw the United States from the Paris 
Agreement. 
Whereas global climate change is a threat to the United 
States national security, public health, national economy, 
and the legacy we will leave to our children; 
Whereas the National Intelligence Council’s 2016 report on 
Implications for U.S. National Security of Anticipated 
Climate Change stated that ‘‘climate change is projected 
to produce more intense and frequent extreme weather 
events, multiple weather disturbances, along with broader 
climatological effects, such as sea level rise’’, and that 
these outcomes ‘‘are almost certain to have significant di-
rect and indirect social, economic, political, and security 
implications during the next 20 years’’; 
Whereas in March 2017, Secretary of Defense James Mattis, 
in written testimony to the Senate Armed Services Com-
mittee, stated that ‘‘climate change can be a driver of in-
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stability and the Department of Defense must pay atten-
tion to potential adverse impacts generated by this phe-
nomenon’’; 
Whereas according to the 2014 National Climate Assessment, 
climate change poses increased health risks, including 
respiratory disease and asthma attacks resulting from 
higher levels of ground-level ozone, heat stroke, and car-
diovascular failure due to warmer temperatures, in-
creased distribution of vector-borne diseases due to a 
changing climate, and mental health problems and fatali-
ties related to extreme weather events, such as hurri-
canes, floods, and wildfires; 
Whereas the most vulnerable among us, including children, 
the elderly, low-income individuals, and those with under-
lying health conditions, face even greater health risks as 
a result of climate change; 
Whereas investing in energy efficiency and clean energy tech-
nologies is an extraordinary job creation opportunity for 
the United States with the Department of Energy report-
ing that the solar and wind energy industries employed 
almost 475,000 people in 2016, and that in 2016 the 
solar workforce increased by 25 percent and wind em-
ployment increased by 32 percent; 
Whereas the United States can lead the world in innovation 
and manufacturing clean energy technologies, creating 
good-paying jobs, modernizing the energy grid, and grow-
ing new companies that will be the titans of a new clean 
energy economy; 
Whereas leaders of the world’s religious communities recog-
nize the grave threat to humanity posed by climate 
change and our moral obligation to protect the earth and 
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its people publicly have called upon politicians, business 
leaders, and the faithful to take action to address climate 
change; 
Whereas the Paris Agreement is an international accord that 
aims to limit the increase in global temperatures to less 
than two degrees Celsius and urges efforts to limit the 
increase to one and a half degrees Celsius by 2100; 
Whereas the Paris Agreement was adopted on December 12, 
2015, opened for signature on April 22, 2016, and en-
tered into force on November 4, 2016; 
Whereas 195 parties, including the largest emitters of carbon 
pollution—China, the European Union, and India—have 
signed the Paris Agreement; 
Whereas United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement 
reneges on our commitment to the global community to 
fulfill our responsibility as a party to the United Nations 
Framework Convention on Climate Change and as a 
major emitter of carbon pollution to reduce our emis-
sions; 
Whereas the United States exit from the Paris Agreement 
will cede leadership on clean energy technologies, and the 
jobs they create, to China and other nations; 
Whereas in an open letter to President Trump, Members of 
Congress, and global leaders, more than 1,000 companies 
and investors expressed support for United States par-
ticipation in the Paris Agreement and for upholding our 
commitment to cut carbon emissions in order to create 
jobs and boost our economic competitiveness; 
Whereas, on April 26, 2017, more than a dozen major energy 
and technology companies sent a letter to President 
Trump expressing support for the Paris Agreement stat-
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ing that ‘‘U.S. business interests are best served by a 
stable and practical framework facilitating an effective 
and balanced global response’’; 
Whereas in the days after President Trump signaled his in-
tention to withdraw the United States from the Paris 
Agreement, leaders from more than 100 nations re-
affirmed their commitment to the Paris Agreement and 
called on all parties to uphold it, and to strengthen ef-
forts over time; 
Whereas a group of States, including California, Connecticut, 
Delaware, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, 
Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, 
and the territory of Puerto Rico, have all joined the 
United States Climate Alliance, a bipartisan group of 
States committed to upholding the goals of the Paris 
Agreement; 
Whereas following the President’s announcement more than 
1,000 mayors, college and university leaders, businesses, 
and investors in the United States announced their con-
tinued support for the Paris Agreement; and 
Whereas millions of Americans have made their voices heard 
in support of the Paris Agreement, and the United States 
upholding its commitments to the international commu-
nity to reduce carbon pollution for the benefit of good- 
paying jobs, families, and the environment now and in fu-
ture generations: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) strongly disapproves of the President’s an-
nouncement to withdraw the United States from the 
Paris Agreement; 
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(2) commends the group of States, cities, col-
leges and universities, businesses, investors, and in-
dividuals who have publicly expressed their support 
for the Paris Agreement; and 
(3) urges the President to reverse his decision 
and maintain United States participation in the 
Paris Agreement. 
Æ 
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