Republicans to eliminate the Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming
It appears as if one of the first casualties in the new Republican controlled House of Representatives will be Nancy Pelosi’s House Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. Needless to say, the goal of this committee was to promote a cap and trade system while at the same time trying to convince the American people on the asinine notion that taxing every single American on their energy usage would not hurt the economy.
Today it was learned that Republicans would eliminate this committee when the new Congress convenes in January. Not all Republicans wanted this committee to be abolished because they felt with a new Republican majority in the committee this committee could be used to challenge Barack Obama’s radical cap and trade agenda and help to shed new light on the contradictions that abound in the global warming, cap and trade energy tax. Michael Steele disagreed with this assessment:
We have pledged to save taxpayers’ money by reducing waste and duplication in Congress,” said Michael Steel, a spokesman for Representative John Boehner, who is slated to become speaker in January. The committee, created as “a political forum to promote Washington Democrats’ job-killing national energy tax, was a clear example, and it will not continue” in the next Congress, he said.
It is a rare occasion when Michael Steele says something noteworthy, but this is one of those times. This committee has had its last meeting. Naturally the Democrats are not happy with this decision, here is what Nancy Pelosi had to say about this news:
Disbanding the select committee does not diminish the urgent need to act on these very critical issues
While Massachusetts Representative Ed Markey had the following to say:
While members of Congress may question the science of global warming, the rest of the world does not
These Democrats continue to ignore the fact that the global warming agenda has met its demise with the revelations of ClimateGate which showed us that scientists were deliberately cooking the books to make it look as if man-made global warming was real. ClimateGate has cast a shadow over the whole issue and more and more people are doubting the existence of man-made global warming every day.
Barack Obama’s goal of incorporating cap and trade through legislative procedure is dead and the disbanding of this committee is proof that it is highly unlikely he will ever sign a comprehensive energy bill, but that does not mean that cap and trade itself is dead. Here is what Barack Obama stated after the bloodletting of the November elections on cap and trade:
Cap-and-trade was just one way of skinning the cat; it was not the only way…I’m going to be looking for other means to address this problem.
Barack Obama has moved on to “Plan B” on the issue of cap and trade because his new plan is to let the EPA regulate greenhouse gasses; this will allow the federal government to institute policy through dictate instead of legislating it into law under the proper procedures outlined in the constitution.
The battle over cap and trade is just beginning but it looks as if Republicans might be serious about derailing this scheme to globally redistribute wealth from the rich nations to the poor nations. I don’t know if there is any way that we can stop the EPA from forcing this agenda down our throats because even if Republicans managed to pass a bill restricting the EPA there is no way that the president will sign it, and the Republicans do not have to votes to over-ride a veto. But they have to try because our very way of life is on the line here!
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Wow! This day just keeps getting better and better. Did you hear that S510 may be dead in the water? See my new post. It appears Harry stepped in it big time.
Cheers!
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It has been a good day indeed. I wrote a post about the possible demise about S510 a short while ago, I will be over to catch your take on it shortly!
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“While members of Congress may question the science of global warming, the rest of the world does not” LOL! If the rest of the world told us to jump off a bridge, does that make it right?
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Pretty funny stuff huh? Talk about being in denial as the arguement for man-made global warming collapses around them!
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Kind of like the blind leading the blind. The Bible says everyone gets in the ditch when that happens.
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Steve, Can the Republicans undo any power granted to the EPA or the FDA if Obama uses his executive power?
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I don’t know if they can because they will not have anough votes to over-ride a presidential veto, we may still be forced into this legislation. Although perhaps they could defund them.
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Very interesting I had not read about this. A symbolic move, hopefully more to come.
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It is a sympolic move, and I don’t know if we will be able to stop the EPA, but at least the Republicans are going to make an effort.
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The EPA has grown WAY beyond its original mandate. Obama will use it to push for a defacto Cap and Trade.
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It sure has, and you are right, the EPA is going to force on us what the Congress was not able to pass.
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Is that the same Michael Steele? I think that is two different guys, which leaves the GOP head still lacking in noteworthy comments.
As far as the EPA, maybe some investigations are in order. The Repubs can’t pass any bills on their own, but they do have the ability to make Obama’s life miserable.
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Yeah, Michael Steele still has to go in my opinion.
Maybe bogging down the process in paperwork and legal proceedings is the way to go until we get to 2012 and then kill this thing once and for all.
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This may be a symbolic move, as some have suggested, but it does bear significance. Even though a lot of people still fall into lockstep with the global warming crowd, it is important to take a stand and show them we do not agree and have science on our side. As for the committee itself, disbanding it will give it’s members time to focus on more important matters.
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Yes, we have to make the case about global warming and its true goal known to as many people as possible. This will give us the opportunity to do so. I agree, there are much more important issues to deal with and if the Congress isn’t messing around with this issue they can get to the more important issues.
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The first part of the name on this committee is “Energy Independence”. Don’t you think that’s still a vital goal of the country? I suppose the history of the committee makes the symbolic gesture relevant but I hope the GOP doesn’t take it’s eye off the ball here. Energy independence is a vital national strategic imperative, global warming or not.
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I think they can keep their eyes on the ball of energy independence, without falling down the trap hole of global warming.
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I do still think that energy independence is a vital goal for the country, but as Larry said, this can be achieved without the global warming angle. Global warming has nothing to do with energy independence they are two different issues, I was focusing on the global warming aspect of the committee.
I honestly do not think that either party is serious about energy independence, otherwise we wouldn’t be banning almost all offshore drilling and we would be building more nuclear plants. I agree with looking for alternative energy sources, but drilling for our own oil would help curb our reliance on foreign oil.
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Hmm… the Committee could be used to support oil drilling and to investigate why and how it was stopped illegally. Not sure if I am on Board with you guys totally, Nuke power could be explored..did you catch we are giving the Russians the Uranium in Wyoming? Just approved by our Marxist.
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There were Republicans on the committee who wanted the committee to continue so they could be a sort of check on the president, and maybe continuing the committee could have led to reopening oil drilling, I guess we will never know. Nuclear energy should be looked at, there is no reason not to build more nuke plants in the United States.
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I agree. Here in North Florida, most areas are buying power from the Crystal River Nuclear Power Plant, which was one of the last nukes to go online in the US.
The upshot is that we haven’t been whipsawed by the market prices of coal or oil at any given time, and the dependability of the power flow is entirely contingent upon the status of the local power stations that rerout the power. They’re sometimes shakey, but that isn’t the nuke’s fault, the fault is local. All in all, our power is pretty dependable here. I’ve seen the occasional power fluctuation during one of our infamous Florida thunder storms, but no brown-outs during peak periods, or anything like that.
I highly reccommend them. 🙂
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We have a nuke plant here in New Hampshire and there has never been a problem, I say keep building them!
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Eliminating ANYTHING from the federal government, even a puny congressional committee, must be viewed as a positive thing.
More, please. Faster, please!
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Agreed! Keep the cuts coming!
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Good riddance, they were about as relevant as the Flat Earth Society lol
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OK– You sold me. Out spot out!!
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THat’s right, out darn spot! Did our Dear Leader actually say, “skinning a cat”? PETA can NOT be happy about that. I wonder what the CATS would do if Nero threw Obama into the lion’s den.
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What an insensitive remark for the president to make! 🙂
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