September 11, 2019 3:30 a.m.
On Tuesday, Congressman Peter DeFazio introduced legislation that he said will put pressure on Brazil to combat the record number of wildfires burning in the Amazon rainforest.
A release from DeFazio said that country’s president believes he can act with impunity and “accelerate the destruction of the Amazon rainforest”. DeFazio said that President Jair Bolsonaro “needs to know there are real-life consequences for his reckless actions”. DeFazio said that President Trump supports Bolsonaro’s “game of chicken with humanity’s existence”.
DeFazio’s release said the legislation, HR 4263, the “Act for the Amazon Act” will put strategic initiatives in place to pressure Bolsonaro to act on an aggressive plan to fight Amazon wildfires and reduce deforestation used by farming and mining industries. If passed, the legislation would:
*Ban targeted imports from Brazil, including beef, soybeans, and other commodities contributing to deforestation.
*Freezing targeted aid funding to Brazil.
*Prohibiting the Trump administration from negotiating a Free Trade Agreement with Brazil.
A link to the legislation is posted at www.541radio.com: https://defazio.house.gov/sites/defazio.house.gov/files/DEFAZI_043_xml.pdf