; Whereas President Trump’s administration has sought changes to S. 722 to make it more friendly to Russia; Whereas, on June 1, 2017, President Trump pulled out of the Paris Climate Agreement, a historic pact among nearly 200 parties, including Russia and China, to reduce emissions that raise global temperatures, put lives and property at risk, and imperil the planet upon which we live, and, Syria and Nicaragua were the only nations that did not sign the Paris Agreement, and Nicaragua objected because it felt the agreement did not go far enough; Whereas 97 percent of climate scientists agree that human activity has impacted climate change; Whereas, on May 28, 2017, after transatlantic meetings, German Chancellor Angela Merkel concluded that President Trump was not the kind of traditionally reliable partner for Germany and Europe on whom they have been able to depend in the past, saying that traditional alliances were no longer as steadfast. Merkel stated that Europe should, really take our fate into our own hands … and said, The times in which we could rely fully on others—they are somewhat over. ; Whereas President Trump’s opposition to the Paris Climate Agreement put the United States at odds on climate change with the rest of the G–20 at its July 2017 meeting in Hamburg, Germany; Whereas President Trump failed to secure an international agreement at the July 2017 G–20 meeting to counter the threat posed by a nuclear-armed North Korea; Whereas President Trump’s first cabinet appointments had the smallest percentage of women and nonwhites combined than any since President Reagan; Whereas the gender pay gap at President Trump’s White House is more than double the national pay gap