Democrats spent time during a House Committee on the Budget hearing on climate change distancing themselves from, and avoiding discussions about, the Green New Deal.
“I know Republicans put out notices that we were going to have a hearing on the Green New Deal,” Kentucky Rep. John Yarmuth, the committee’s top Democrat and chairman, said during Tuesday’s hearing. “There are 11 committees that have jurisdiction over that piece of legislation, we’re not one of them.”
“As I said, this hearing is about the economic impact of climate change,” Yarmuth said after calling global warming a “topic we cannot afford to ignore” that’s “increasingly an economic and fiscal issue.”
Ohio GOP Rep. Bill Johnson shot back that a climate change hearing would be incomplete without addressing the Green New Deal, which is cosponsored by 93 House Democrats and endorsed by presidential candidates.
“Mr. Chairman, how can we have a discussion, a serious discussion, on climate change on this committee without addressing the primary plank of the platform that you and your colleagues have offered, the Green New Deal, to resolve climate change?” Johnson asked Yarmuth.
Yarmuth responded that the Green New Deal didn’t have a majority of Democratic support and that “there are hundreds of proposals to deal with climate change” that ought to be considered.
“We ought to start by agreeing that there is a problem here and we need to act responsibly as a Congress to address it,” Yarmuth said.
New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, both Democrats, introduced the Green New Deal in February, calling for a complete overhaul of the U.S. economy to reach “net-zero” emissions within 10 years.
The bill also calls for programs totally unrelated programs, like jobs guarantees and universal health care.
Top congressional Democrats have not embraced the Green New Deal, which GOP rivals labeled as “socialist.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has so far avoided bringing the Green New Deal to the floor, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer joined his caucus in voting “present” on the Green New Deal when it hit the Senate floor.
California Rep. Scott Peters is one of those Democrats not supporting the Green New Deal.
Peters said the Green New Deal was “divisive” and said most Democrats on the budget committee did not endorse it — though, a GOP lawmaker member later said more than half of committee Democrats co-sponsored it.
“We’re going to have to moderate our politics” to get results, Peters said. “I did litigation. That’s not what I’m here for.”
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The Green New Deal is an ” I see nothing” moment for Democrats .
You would think after threatening all coal workers in the last election the Democrats would wake up .
Nope total double down . How does any union support the party that fought for slavery and now threatens millions of workers . You know those Deplorables in fly over country .
How do workers in communist countries like their situation ?
How’s that swamp drainage coming along, Mr. President?
The Green Deal is the same thing as the AOC pronouncement that the earth will end in 12 years . A Joke .
Biden must have got new marching orders from Dem bag men to soften the tone but the socialist / globalist goals are exactly the same .
How much did Biden’s son’s company get from the Chinese ? $ Over a $ billion, now that’s even better than the $148 million the Clinton Foundation got for helping to sell Russia 20% of USA uranium .Well, that and Bill’s $500, 000 for a half hour speech in Russia .
The DNC / Clintons paid some money back to get fake Russian dirt on Trump … so who colluded with Russia exactly ?
Dems will soft sell their carbon tax agenda for now or get wiped out .
The Green Deal is the same thing as the AOC pronouncement that the earth will end in 12 years . A Joke .
Biden must have got new marching orders from Dem bag men to soften the tone but the socialist / globalist goals are exactly the same .
How much did Biden’s son get from the Chinese ? $ Over a billion now that’s even better than the $148 million the Clinton Foundation got for selling Russia 20% of USA uranium .Well that a Bill’s $500, 000 for a half hour speech in Russia .
The DNC / Clintons paid some money back to get fake Russian dirt on Trump … so who colluded with Russia exactly ?
The Green Deal is the same thing as the AOC pronouncement that the earth will end in 12 years . A Joke .
Biden must have got new marching orders from Dem bag men to soften the tone but the socialist / globalist goals are exactly the same .
How much did Biden’s son get from the Chinese ? $ Over a billion now that’s even better than the $148 million the Clinton Foundation got for selling Russia 20% of USA uranium .Well that a Bill’s $500, 000 for a half hour speech in Russia .
The DNC / Clintons paid some money back to get fake Russian dirt on Trump … so who colluded with Russia exactly ?