Congress

In the United States, Republican lawmakers have taken the lead in opposing a push to bind America to the pandemic accord, potentially without following the constitutional provisions required for the country to sign into a treaty-level agreement. In March, Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI) introduced a bill specifying that, if passed, the White House could not become a signatory to the pandemic accord without recognizing it as a treaty, which would require two-thirds of the Senate to approve.

Some of the topics brought up at the hearing were loss of access to bodies of water for fishing, land for hunting, recreation space and limited access for logging. “We got some really good information from these witnesses, who talked about how the reduction in access to our federal lands is really causing a multitude of problems, from being able to get wood out of the national forests, which is one of the primary reasons they’re there,” said Congressman WI-07, Tom Tiffany.

America’s Congress ought to represent American citizens. You might be thinking to yourself, “That’s just common sense, right?”