Schumer: Dems will try to defund Trump panel reassessing climate change
By Jordain Carney - 02/26/19 11:03 AM EST
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Tuesday that if the Trump administration moves forward with a panel reportedly intended to counter scientific consensus on climate change, Democrats will try to defund the group.
"I'm announcing that if the Trump administration moves forward with this fake climate panel, we'll be introducing legislation to defund it. …It is long past time for President Trump and Republican leaders to admit that climate change is real, that human activity contributes to it and Congress must take action," Schumer said from the Senate floor.
The Washington Post reported over the weekend that the Trump administration is planning to create an ad hoc group of federal scientists to reassess and counter the government's conclusions on climate change.
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