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For Immediate Release
09/28/2007
Pelosi Statement on President Bush’s Remarks at Conference on Global Warming
Washington,
D.C. — Speaker Nancy Pelosi
issued the following statement today in response to President Bush’s remarks
this morning to leaders of 15 major economic powers on climate change:
"As the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases,
the United States
must lead by example and take the necessary steps to reduce greenhouse
gases. An effective initiative must be
based on mandatory standards to protect our planet, not the voluntary goals and
incremental approach supported by the Administration.
"While I look forward to being briefed on the results
of the President’s meetings with the world’s biggest polluter nations, I hope
that his efforts will not be used to circumvent the upcoming United Nations
Climate Change Conference in Bali.”