Wyden, Merkley Co-sponsor Climate Resolution

Washington DC—U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced they have joined 20 U.S. Senate colleagues to reintroduce theWe Are Still Inresolution in response to Donald Trump’s withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement through a day-one executive order.
“With increasingly severe weather consistently threatening Oregon and the wildfires now ravaging southern California, it’s clear the climate is in crisis and it’s no time to retreat on clean energy policies,”Wyden said.“With the passage in 2022 of the largest climate and clean energy investment in history, the United States has led on  international climate policy to create an economically and environmentally viable future for our children. TheWe Are Still Inresolution would keep our country on track of refusing to sacrifice good-paying, forward thinking jobs and the future our children deserve by appeasing a few big oil billionaires.”
“Climate chaos is a global problem, and it requires global solutions,”Senator Merkley said.“Our communities are ravaged by wildfires and smoke, hurricanes and extreme flooding – all exacerbated by climate chaos. To address the worsening crisis, we need strong international partnerships and the United States has both a moral and a strategic responsibility to lead the world in climate action.”
TheWe Are Still Inresolution signals ongoing support for U.S. climate ambition by leaders in Congress continuing to work with and highlighting local, state, regional, Tribal, and nongovernmental climate partners. The resolution underscores significant climate and clean energy actions by local and state governments, critical investments made through theBipartisan Infrastructure LawandInflation Reduction Act, and widespread support for the Paris climate agreement. With Trump’s withdrawal, the United States joins Iran, Yemen, and Libya as the only countries in the world not party to the Paris climate agreement.
Full text of theWe Are Still Inresolution ishere.