Where he outlined u.s. environmental priorities for updating the environmental work plan under the u.s.-morocco free trade agreement and the potential benefit of liquefied natural gas imports on morocco s economy. democratic senator sheldon whitehouse who sits on the environment and public works committee wants to know more about the trip. the senator cited concerns with pruitt s close ties to the oil and gas industry and pointed out that natural gas is not under the epa s mission. separately, the house oversight committee is also requesting documents receiptlated to the t including a layover in the city of light, paris. were you looking for croissants? when nbc filed freedom of information acts for pruitt s calendar, the days of the trip were blacked out.
Like hell and get a lot of things done. reporter: from chinese food and chocolate pie with top democrats at the white house really, the atmospherics of the dinner were very friendly. reporter: to a fancy treat of french president macron in the city of light. dinner tonight at the eiffel tower, that will be special. reporter: the trump approach is a good deal served an la mode can be the way to the president s heart. a scoop of ice cream? there s a perfectly shaped egg and it was ice cream. and the president only got one, too. he didn t get two. he got one. reporter: of course, not everyone wants to be wined and dined by the president. he called me at the desk at lunchtime and asked me was i free for dinner that night. i said, whatever works for you, sir. i hung up and had to call my wife and break a date with her. reporter: as commander in chief, even the nicest of meals can go awry. we are having dose sert, most beautiful piece of chocolate cake you have ever see
Seriously. and i make no apologies for it. despite the president s confidence, the clean power plan hasn t gone into effect. more than two dozen states sued to stop it. the supreme court ordered the implementation delayed until the appeals play themselves out. and now, president-elect trump has vowed to rescind it. but what will he do with obama s signature climate achievement, the paris agreement? in december of 2015, in the city of light, 196 nations agreed by consensus to limit the planet s warming to two degrees celsius. that s a threshold many scientists believe will prevent disaster. of course, it took a long time to reach this day. one of the reasons i ran for this office was to make america a leader in this mission.
And we ve taken it really seriously and i make no apologies for it. despite the president s confidence, the clean power plan has not gone into effect. more than two dozen states sued to stop it. the supreme court ordered the implementation delayed until the appeals play themselves out. and now, president-elect trump has vowed to rescind it. but what will he do with obama s signature climate achievement, the paris agreement? in december of 2015, in the city of light, 196 nations agreed by consensus to limit the planet s warming by two degrees, that is an implemention they agree will
Wrong. and we ve taken it really seriously. and i make no apologies for it. despite the president s confidence, the clean power plan hasn t gone into effect. more than two dozen states sued to stop it. the supreme court ordered the implementation delayed until the appeals play themselves out. and now, president-elect trump has vowed to rescind it. but what will he do with obama s signature climate achievement, the paris agreement? in december of 2015, in the city of light, 196 nations agreed by consensus to limit the planet s warming to two degrees celsius. that s a threshold many scientists believe will prevent