Tony Snow: Bush has a better record than the rest of the world (on climate change)

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Snow insisted to all of them that Bush had been the "dominant figure" at the recent G8 conference and will be pushing strenuously for his immigration, energy, and education legislation. He claimed to CBS that many Republicans voted against the immigration bill only because the Democratic leadership had not allowed them to debate amendments.

However, when Snow said of Bush to CBS's Harry Smith, "He goes to the G8, leads the way on climate change," Smith broke in to object: "I think that's following on climate change. ... These other countries have set the table for this for years. The president is late to this table."

"I hate to tell you," replied Snow. "No Harry, you can't have your own facts. We've got a better record than the rest of the world... What you're arguing is that you regulate your way in. It never works, hasn't. What the president says is, use technology as the way of doing it and, guess what, everybody agreed."

According to a Reuters report on the G8 conference, "President George W. Bush's plan to combat climate change got a cool reception on Friday in Europe, where the European Union's environment chief dismissed it as unambitious and the 'classic' U.S. line."

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