Senator Cantwell: ‘Sad day for America’

Published 11:30 am Thursday, June 1, 2017

U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell said President Trump’s Thursday announcement to exit the Paris climate agreement has damaged the country’s reputation in the world.

Cantwell (D-WA) is Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Washington state’s junior senator made the following statement on Trump’s decision:

“This is a sad day for America. Donald Trump just quit the race to become the world’s clean energy superpower and greatly diminished us in the eyes of our allies.

“It now falls to our states and local communities to redouble our efforts to reduce emissions and find innovative ways to fight climate change. We all must show leadership now because our current president won’t,” Cantwell said.