Republican presidential candidate and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Tuesday that he’s “not sure” if he would attend a global climate change summit if he were the nation’s commander in chief, CNN reported.
President Barack Obama is in France this week to participate in a summit on climate change with other world leaders and to finalize an agreement on a pathway to address the changing environment.
Bush told reporters during a campaign stop in Iowa that consequences from environmental regulations might have kept him from attending the conference if he were President.
“I’m not sure I would have gone to the climate summit if I was President today,” Bush said, as quoted by CNN. “I worry about the economic impact for our country. I worry that, put aside intentions, that this, these proposals could have an impact on the here and now, on people that are really struggling right now.”
“So I’d be uncertain whether I’d attend a meeting like that, where it seems like the movement is towards policies that would hurt our economy,” he added.