Pelosi Leads Bipartisan Delegation to Copenhagen

December 16, 2009
Blog Post

Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi will lead a Congressional Delegation to Copenhagen, Denmark for the UN Climate Conference.

"The House of Representatives has taken historic action to address the climate crisis and transition our country to a clean energy economy," Speaker Pelosi said.  "We see Copenhagen as a meeting about job creation - how do we move forward to create millions of clean energy jobs and new technologies to keep America number one.  We are going to send a  message of support for the Obama Administration's efforts and we bring with us the strong commitment of the Congress to take action, as the House of Representatives did in June."

The delegation will meet with representatives from key countries involved in the negotiations and also with advocacy and business leaders to discuss job creation.

The following Members will compose the bipartisan House delegation:

  • Speaker Nancy Pelosi

  • Majority Leader Steny Hoyer

  • Chairman George Miller, Committee on Education and Labor

  • Chairman Henry Waxman, Committee on Energy and Commerce

  • Chairman Ed Markey, Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming

  • Chairman Charles Rangel, Committee on Ways and Means

  • Chairman Bart Gordon, Committee on Science and Technology

  • Congressman James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Ranking Member, Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, Committee on Science and Technology

  • Congressman Sander Levin (D-MI), Committee on Ways and Means

  • Congressman Joe Barton (R-TX), Ranking Member, Committee on Energy and Commerce

  • Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), Committee on Energy and Commerce

  • Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming

  • Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Committee on Energy and Commerce

  • Congressman Jay Inslee (D-WA), Committee on Energy and Commerce

  • Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming

  • Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming

  • Congressman John Sullivan (R-OK), Committee on Energy and Commerce Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming

  • Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Committee on Energy and Commerce Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming

  • Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH), Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development

  • Congressman G.K. Butterfield (D-NC), Committee on Energy and Commerce

  • Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming

  • Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), Committee on Science and Technology