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Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
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Sen. Barbara Boxer, chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, has scheduled the first hearings for the climate change legislation that had been stalled on Capitol Hill.
Boxer (D-CA) said they will begin Oct. 27 and that President Obama's Cabinet secretaries will testify during three days of hearings.
She said her aim is to pass "strong clean energy jobs bill" and send it to the full Senate "as soon as possible," adding that her staff has sent a draft of the bill to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Secs. Steven Chu (Energy), Ken Salazar (Interior), Ray LaHood (Transportation) will be there Oct. 27, along with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson and Jon Wellinghoff, chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
"I am pleased to report we are continuing to expand support for our bill. Momentum for this effort is growing every day, and we are broadening and deepening our coalition with each step in the process," Boxer said.
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shooter242
October 14, 2009 10:24 AM
This will go down in flames bigger than the healthcare bill. A decade of global cooling will be just too much to overcome.
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WineDarkSea
October 14, 2009 10:33 AM
Nice job, Sen. Boxer! I look forward to the hearings. But wait, isn't Sen. James Inhofe on your committee? Better bring a full bottle of crazy pills.
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musgrove
October 14, 2009 10:58 AM in reply to WineDarkSea
and a muzzle.
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JohnMcCSF
October 14, 2009 11:53 AM
BoXer!!!!
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KeithL
October 14, 2009 11:56 AM
To me, this issue dwarfs even health care in importance. If we destroy the ecosphere, NOBODY will be healthy! I'm glad Sec. Chu has already stated that, counting the OTHER greenhouse gasses we've been spewing, it's already the equivalent of 440 ppb CO2. That's Biblical proportion disaster time. Say goodbye to ice outside of a glass.
Even numb nuts like Shooter2 will be crying like Glenn Beck. BTW, whatever happened to ShootMe1? Did he go hunting with the DICK?
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