By Rebekah Metzler
May 9, 2013
May 9, 2013
...The absence of all eight (click here) Republican committee members left the panel without a quorum, though had all Democrats been present, they would have been able to proceed. Boxer, however, dismissed that approach – at least for now.
"Today we are asking the Republicans to come back, we will schedule another mark-up," she said, adding it was never her intention to push the confirmation today without Republicans present.
But the Democrats present at the hearing each took their turn bashing their conservative colleagues over the walkout, extolling McCarthy's experience and willingness to answer what they called an unprecedented number of questions.
"They may not like the answers, but she's given them the answers," said Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del. "I'm an old governor, I believe that elections have consequences."...
All the geniuses of the Senate are in boycott because they don't think their questions were answered. Dah.
David Vitter - Voted YES on Hurricane Sandy Relief
James M. Inhofe - Voted NO on Hurricane Sandy Relief
John Barrasso - Voted NO on Hurricane Sandy Relief
Jeff Sessions - Voted NO on Hurricane Sandy Relief
Mike Crapo - Voted NO on Hurricanse Sandy Relief
Roger F. Wicker - Voted YES on Hurricane Sandy Relief
John Boozman - Voted NO on Hurricase Sandy Relief
Deb Fischer - Voted NO on Hurricane Sandy Relief
Hurricane Sandy was a Climate Crisis storm. There are at least two Republican members of the Senate EPW Committee that realized this was not a usual storm that could be addressed through usual emergency channels.
Sandy was only a Category One storm, yet, the storm surge and the winds throughout the entire size of this storm leveled cities and caused diminished capacity of emergency responders to stop fires. Sandy was a Climate Crisis storm. Unprecedented.
The EPA nominee recognizes the increased level of CO2 in our troposphere which is now bumping up to 400 ppm. She is a person with unguessable qualifications during a very difficult time in our nation. Now is not the time for boycotts when our nation faces these terrible realities.
by Glenn Trush
May 8, 2013
James M. Inhofe - Voted NO on Hurricane Sandy Relief
John Barrasso - Voted NO on Hurricane Sandy Relief
Jeff Sessions - Voted NO on Hurricane Sandy Relief
Mike Crapo - Voted NO on Hurricanse Sandy Relief
Roger F. Wicker - Voted YES on Hurricane Sandy Relief
John Boozman - Voted NO on Hurricase Sandy Relief
Deb Fischer - Voted NO on Hurricane Sandy Relief
Hurricane Sandy was a Climate Crisis storm. There are at least two Republican members of the Senate EPW Committee that realized this was not a usual storm that could be addressed through usual emergency channels.
Sandy was only a Category One storm, yet, the storm surge and the winds throughout the entire size of this storm leveled cities and caused diminished capacity of emergency responders to stop fires. Sandy was a Climate Crisis storm. Unprecedented.
The EPA nominee recognizes the increased level of CO2 in our troposphere which is now bumping up to 400 ppm. She is a person with unguessable qualifications during a very difficult time in our nation. Now is not the time for boycotts when our nation faces these terrible realities.
by Glenn Trush
May 8, 2013
Sen. Vitter, a Louisiana Republican with close ties to the gas and oil industries, has already sent a whopping 653 questions to President Obama's nominee to take over the Environmental Protection Agency on a wide range of regulatory topics (and her use of government email accounts) ahead of her Thursday confirmation hearings, according to a Democratic staffer directly involved in the confirmation process....
Vitter isn't fit to sit on this Senate Committee. If he has to ask 653 questions of a nominee then he does not have the 'basic' understanding of the responsibilities of the committee or the EPA Secretary. No nominee is responsible for EDUCATING Republicans about the reality of the world we live in so much as stating how she can help. This is ridiculous.
The members of the Senate EPW Committee that puts personal beliefs before the well being of our nation should resign their positions to those that at least understands that science is real. This Senate Committee is dense in scientific understanding, so those unable to understand science due to lack of knowledge and/or religious preferences need to get out of the way of those that can handle the demands of this committee.
The members of the Senate EPW Committee that puts personal beliefs before the well being of our nation should resign their positions to those that at least understands that science is real. This Senate Committee is dense in scientific understanding, so those unable to understand science due to lack of knowledge and/or religious preferences need to get out of the way of those that can handle the demands of this committee.
