House Speaker Nancy Pelosi led a delegation of 21 members to climate talks at Copenhagen last night, taking critics and boosters along as world leaders prepare to finish out the most crucial portion of the conference.
President Obama leaves tonight and plans to speak tomorrow, but this morning Secretary of State Hillary Clinton dominated the news in Copenhagen by pledging the U.S. would support a $100 billion climate fund. But China is saying a global pact is unlikely.
Pelosi said her delegation will meet with representatives from key countries and with “advocacy and business leaders to discuss job creation.”
“The House of Representatives has taken historic action to address the climate crisis and transition our country to a clean energy economy,” she said in a statement.
“We see Copenhagen as a meeting about job creation – how do we move forward to create millions of clean energy jobs and new technologies to keep America number one,” Pelosi said. “We are going to send a message of support for the Obama Administration’s efforts and we bring with us the strong commitment of the Congress to take action, as the House of Representatives did in June.”
Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) also made the trip despite a busy senate schedule that could have prevented his plan to, as he puts it, debunk global warming as an issue.
Don’t miss our slideshow of protests at Copenhagen and see Pelosi’s full list after the jump.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer
Chairman George Miller, Committee on Education and Labor
Chairman Henry Waxman, Committee on Energy and Commerce
Chairman Ed Markey, Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming
Chairman Charles Rangel, Committee on Ways and Means
Chairman Bart Gordon, Committee on Science and Technology
Congressman James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Ranking Member, Select Committee on Energy
Independence and Global Warming
Committee on Science and Technology
Congressman Sander Levin (D-MI), Committee on Ways and Means
Congressman Joe Barton (R-TX), Ranking Member, Committee on Energy and Commerce
Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), Committee on Energy and Commerce
Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global
Warming
Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Committee on Energy and Commerce
Congressman Jay Inslee (D-WA), Committee on Energy and Commerce
Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming
Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Select Committee on Energy Independence and
Global Warming
Congressman John Sullivan (R-OK), Committee on Energy and Commerce
Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global
Warming
Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Committee on Energy and Commerce
Select Committee on Energy Independence and
Global Warming
Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH), Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and
Water Development
Congressman G.K. Butterfield (D-NC), Committee on Energy and Commerce
Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global
Warming
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), Committee on Science and Technology
