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Pelosi Statement on Trump Administration Dismantling Clean Power Plan

October 10, 2017

Contact: Ashley Etienne/Henry Connelly, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released this statement after the Trump Administration announced plans to roll back the Clean Power Plan, a landmark Obama-era initiative to address the global climate crisis:

"The White House's short-sighted, dangerous decision to dismantle the Clean Power Plan is a direct assault on the health of our nation's children. Yet again, the Trump Administration is showing its disregard for the health and security of the American people, and is demonstrating its failure of leadership to combat the surging storms, devastating wildfires and other catastrophic impacts of the climate crisis.

"From the start, this Administration has furiously fought to roll back all climate protections, without any concern for the impact on the jobs and health of hard-working Americans. From pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord to pushing an EPA budget purpose-built to gut protections for the American people to openly denying the scientific reality of the climate crisis, the White House has made clear its complete disinterest in advancing a healthier, stronger clean energy economy that creates the good-paying jobs of the future.

"The Trump Administration and this Congress have a sacred obligation to preserve the beauty of God's creation for future generations. Democrats will continue to fight for real, bold action to safeguard the future of our climate and children."

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