Van Hollen: Obama’s Climate Deal with China Is a ‘Historic Moment’

"This is a very important step forward. A lot of critics of President Obama’s climate change efforts have said the United States is going at this alone. We need other partners.

And now have we have a partner. In fact, China, as people know, is the largest emitter right now of carbon pollution. So it was really important to get them into this agreement. So a very important step forward on climate change.

Again, a long way to go and, of course, these commitments have to be met. But it’s a historic moment.”