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Congress works to undermine Obama on climate change

By Kyle Feldscher
Published December 1, 2015 6:16pm ET
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Congress works to undermine Obama on climate change
"The president's pledge to the U.N. would increase electricity costs, ration energy and slow economic growth," Lamar Smith said of the Clean Power Plan. "The president's plan ignores good science and only seeks to advance a partisan political agenda." (Graeme Jennings/Examiner file) | Graeme Jennings

While a U.S. delegation tries to reassure the world in Paris that the United States will be able to live up to its pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions, leaders in Congress are working to undermine President Obama at home.

The House Science Committee met Tuesday morning to emphasize the belief of Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, that any agreement reached in Paris is dead in the water in Congress.

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