President Barack Obama must submit to Congress for review any international agreement reached at a December United Nations climate summit that includes binding emissions targets or timetables, the Senate Environment Committee chairman said in a letter to the White House released Nov. 18. Any agreement "with binding timetables and targets must be brought before Congress for approval," wrote Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), who chairs the Senate En- vironment and Public Works Committee, and Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), who chairs a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee.
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