GOP Attacks Democrats for Climate Proposal. By H. Josef Hebert, AP, May 30, 2009. "Republicans on Saturday attacked the climate change proposal crafted by congressional Democrats and endorsed by President Barrack Obama as doing little to reduce global warming while saddling Americans with high energy costs. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, in the GOP's weekly radio and Internet address, called the House climate bill 'a classic example of unwise government.' The address culminated a week of coordinated Republican attacks on the Democratic proposal... GOP House members used the weeklong Memorial Day congressional recess to drum up voter opposition to the Democratic bill. The governor's criticism echoed Republican lawmakers' arguments at 'energy summits' in Pennsylvania, Indiana and California and at other forums during the week. The proposal to cap greenhouse emissions 'will cost us dearly in jobs and income and it stands no chance of achieving its objective of a cooler earth' because other nation's such as China and India will not have to follow, argued Daniels... 'The cost for all American taxpayers will be certain, huge, and immediate. Any benefits are extremely uncertain, minuscule, and decades distant,' he said."
2009-06-01
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