[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 20, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S292]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 60. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2 proposed by Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Mr. Hoeven, Mr.
Barrasso, Mr. Risch, Mr. Lee, Mr. Flake, Mr. Daines, Mr. Manchin, Mr.
Cassidy, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Portman, Mr. Alexander, and Mrs. Capito) to
the bill S. 1, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; which was ordered
to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON UNITED STATES AND CANADA
EFFORTS TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the Governments of the United States and Canada should
continuing working towards their shared goal of reducing
emissions approximately 17 percent below 2005 levels, by
2020; and
(2) the Government of Canada should join the United States
Government's goal of reducing emissions 26-28 percent below
2005 levels, by 2025.
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