Waxman and Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) – who is the ranking Democrat on the Energy and Power Subcommittee – note in a letter to Upton, “Both reports find that climate change is occurring and that urgent action is needed to address its dangers.”
Upton steered a bill through the committee and later the full House that blocks the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to regulate greenhouse gases.Upton argues that the rules will cost jobs and raise energy prices. He has sought to steer debate on his bill away from climate science and toward the economic effects of EPA rules.
But many Republicans are openly skeptical of climate science. At a committee markup of the bill in March, Democrats forced a vote on an amendment that called on Congress to accept the scientific consensus that climate change is occurring, it is caused in large part by human activity and it is a threat to human health.
The amendment failed, and Waxman and Rush pointed to that vote in their Monday letter calling for a hearing on the Vatican and NRC reports. They wrote:
“While the conclusions reached in these reports reinforce what scientists have been telling us for years, they illustrate the remarkable scientific consensus on the issue and present constructive efforts to find solutions. We believe members would benefit by hearing from the authors of these reports, particularly since a majority of the Committee voted earlier this year to deny the existence of climate change.”
Anyone else think this person maybe a vampire or something?
Holy Shiit, it’s ManBearPig in the flesh! With a little vampire thrown in… Somebody, Alert the media! ok, they won’t report it…
Steve,
FFS, please flag a warning before posting a photograph illustrating the perils of dysgenic reproduction. Coffee & keyboards should be mutually exclusive, but the shock to my system caused by this abomination, has required the introduction of another replacement interface device.
BTW, no Popery!!!!
P
lmao!
Is his “face” pushed up against a sheet of glass, or does he always have that “I’ve-just-walked-into-the-back-of-a-bus” look?
Waxman Lied – the committee never voted to deny the existance. He is a bald faced (and head) liar.
He’ll be asking for Congress to listen Druids to reading owl entrails next–even though they, too, are full of shit.
Its nice to know the lunatic fringe finally caught up with the skeptics, albeit 30 years later, to acknowledge that the climate changes……. hopefully 30 years from now, we can get them to acknowledge that the climate will change with or without mankind…………..imbeciles.
Looks like Kabe from Star Wars.
http://www.starwars.com/movies/episode-iv/20081027.html?page=4
http://www.starwars.com/img/movies/episode-iv/20081027/kabe_bg.jpg
‘The squeaky little rodent who requests a tall blue beverage was known simply as “Bat” on set.”