{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/sen-whitehouse-statement-on-new-climate-commitments-from-us-and-china", "Sen. Whitehouse Statement on New Climate Commitments from U.S. and China", "2014-11-11", "2014", "2014-11", "Democrat", "House", "RI", "Sheldon Whitehouse", "W000802", "www.whitehouse.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "11.11.14\n\t\t\t Sen. Whitehouse Statement on New Climate Commitments from U.S. and China \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tProvidence, RI \u2013 Tonight President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping together announced new commitments to address climate change.\u00a0 U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) released the statement below regarding their announcement:\r\n\u201cThe US and China\u2019s joint announcement of carbon pollution reduction plans sends an important message: the world\u2019s top two emitters are committed to working together to avert the worst effects of climate change.\u00a0 President Obama\u2019s commitment to reduce US carbon pollution by up to 28 perecent by 2025 is an ambitious plan, as is China's commitment to a timetable for carbon pollution reductions, clean energy generation, and significant new investments in renewable energy.\u00a0 I thank President Obama for continuing to mobilize the global community to address the climate threat while cutting carbon pollution and stimulating the clean energy economy here at home.\u201d\r\nSenator Whitehouse is the chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, and is a co-chair of the Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change and the Senate Climate Action Task Force.\r\n###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/sen-whitehouse-statement-on-new-climate-commitments-from-us-and-china"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4773241709917784, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}