| The day before the Senate took up hearings on HR 2454, the Climate Bill sent over from the House, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) fired up the troops with this call to arms: “As a legislator, everything is negotiable.”
Just so. That’s exactly what has so many supporters of climate change legislation wondering if the bill won’t turn out to be a sheep in sheep’s clothing — thanks to the efforts of bleating heart liberals.
Of course, the already-watered-down bill from the House could be strengthened as it works its way through the Senate. According to Sky 1′s Jason Kowalski, that may be the case for draft legislation coming from the Environment and Public Works Committee, which was first at bat for the Senators, in a hearing yesterday.
Here are the prepared remarks of the Committee’s leadership, Chair Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and ranking minority member, James Inhofe (R-OK), as well as from members of the two panels that testified.
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