From the Pierre Capital Journal:
PIERRE - U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin is clarifying comments made last week about her recent four-nation trip where she toured with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to see the effects of global warming.
The Democratic congresswoman from South Dakota said last week that she does recognize the need for the U.S. to be involved in international climate negotiations in a post-Kyoto world. However, she still thinks it was the right decision for the U.S. to not join the Kyoto Treaty when it was signed.
"I agreed at the time that we shouldn't sign on to the Kyoto because China and India were not even made part of the framework, but I do think that so long as the United States doesn't participate in the multi-lateral negotiations, that it makes it too easy for China and India to go ahead and say 'Why should we participate when the United States isn't participating,'" Herseth said last Friday.
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