A GOP lawmaker says he would likely back a Democratic-drafted resolution to show support for the Paris climate change agreement.

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick Brian K. FitzpatrickFlorida Democrat introduces bill to recognize Puerto Rico statehood referendum DCCC reserves new ad buys in competitive districts, adds new members to 'Red to Blue' program 2020 Global Tiger Day comes with good news, but Congress still has work to do MORE (Pa.) told The Hill Thursday that he had discussed the measure with its lead sponsor, Rep. Jared Huffman Jared William HuffmanOVERNIGHT ENERGY: House Democrats tee up vote on climate-focused energy bill next week | EPA reappoints controversial leader to air quality advisory committee | Coronavirus creates delay in Pentagon research for alternative to 'forever chemicals' COVID-19 complicates California's record-setting wildfire season Congress should investigate OAS actions in Bolivia MORE (D-Calif.), and, pending the exact wording of it, he’s probably on board.

“I’m inclined to,” he said. “Obviously I think it was a mistake to pull out. So if it’s along those lines, I probably would.”

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“If it’s basically to reverse course on what the administration did, I would support that,” he continued.

Huffman has not yet released the wording of the resolution, so Fitzpatrick said he wants to see that before committing to it.

Fitzpatrick, a centrist in multiple policy areas, has been one of the most outspoken Republicans on climate change and his belief that government policies are needed to fight it.

He joined then-Rep. Carlos Curbelo Carlos Luis CurbeloGOP wants more vision, policy from Trump at convention Mucarsel-Powell, Giménez to battle for Florida swing district The Memo: GOP cringes at new Trump race controversy MORE (R-Fla.) last year as one of the original sponsors of the Modernizing America with Rebuilding to Kick-start the Economy of the Twenty-first Century with a Historic Infrastructure-Centered Expansion, or MARKET CHOICE, Act, which would put a tax on carbon dioxide emissions and use the money for infrastructure improvements.

Fitzpatrick has also been a vocal critic of President Trump Donald John TrumpObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Planned Parenthood: 'The fate of our rights' depends on Ginsburg replacement Progressive group to spend M in ad campaign on Supreme Court vacancy MORE’s climate policies.

Although Trump announced in 2017 he was pulling the United States out of the Paris pact, that exit cannot become official until November 2020 at the earliest.

Huffman said last week that he’s working on the non-binding resolution to show that Democrats, who just took the House majority this month, are serious about climate change, and to repudiate Trump’s decision.

“It feels like this is a sweet spot on something we can do early in this Congress that sends an important message, that will be strongly passed out of the House,” Huffman said.

He said at least one House Republican was prepared to sign on, but declined to name the lawmaker.

If the resolution gets a vote, Huffman hopes it would be an early show of force for House Democrats against Trump’s environmental agenda. It would be nearly certain to pass, since the Democrats are nearly completely united in support of the Paris agreement.

The 2015 pact was the first time that all of the world’s nearly 200 nations agreed to limit greenhouse gas emissions. President Barack Obama Barack Hussein ObamaObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Senate Republicans face tough decision on replacing Ginsburg Cruz: Trump should nominate a Supreme Court justice next week MORE’s contribution for the United States, which is not binding, was to cut emissions 26 percent to 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.