Sen. Bob Casey: It’s ‘Far Too Early’ for McConnell To Criticize Climate Deal with China

"I think it’s far too early and I think it’s premature for Mitch McConnell or any member of the Senate to be [indecipherable]. There's some good news here that the two most important players in the world on a whole host of fronts, including climate change, have begun to sit down and work something out. I think it’s way too early to judge it either way, but I think it’s — overall, it’s a positive development.

But look, we have to confront this and I think there’s some Republicans in the Senate who don’t want to confront climate change, even if they are not deniers, as some are. But even if they don’t deny the reality of climate change, they want to keep pushing it down the road as a priority.

I think we’ve got to confront it. It’s a very difficult issue to tackle but I think it’s got to be bipartisan. It doesn’t help matters to right out of the gate dismiss what the president is trying to do and to really denigrate any kind of progress."