Should Democrats win control of the House this election, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will ask her caucus to create a select committee on climate change similar to the now-defunct panel behind the failed effort to pass cap-and-trade legislation.
Pelosi said the committee would “‘prepare the way with evidence’ for energy conservation and other climate-change mitigation legislation,” she told The New York Times in an interview released Wednesday.
“Pelosi said it was clearly still needed to educate the public about the impact of more frequent extreme weather events,” the NYTimes reported of Pelosi’s interview remarks.
Pelosi wants a committee similar to the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming that stood from 2007 to 2011.
Then-Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Ed Markey chaired the committee, which spearheaded the effort to pass cap-and-trade legislation.
Markey’s cap-and-trade bill passed the House in 2009, but it failed to get enough support from moderate Senate Democrats.
Cap-and-trade opponents successfully labeled the effort as an energy tax, since it would have raised gas and electricity prices.
Republicans disbanded the committee shortly after winning the 2010 election.
The defeat of Markey’s cap-and-trade bill pushed Democrats off the issue for years, relying on the Obama administration to implement a climate agenda through executive actions.
However, with President Donald Trump in the White House, a Democratic House would likely propose legislation aimed at fighting man-made global warming.
Democrats have already said they would make global warming a major priority if they retake the House this election.
Democrats are keen to use House committees’ powers to push subsidies for green energy and even cap-and-trade or a carbon tax.
New York Democratic Rep. Paul Tonko is working on cap-and-trade legislation, Axios reported in July.
That same month, Florida Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo introduced carbon tax legislation — a bill opposed by all but a handful of elected Republicans.
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The constant re-telling of the “extreme weather events” lie is truly galling. It’s as if they thought we are all complete morons.
The democrats have always been for higher taxes and more taxes on everything from Ammo to Big Macs its the TAX and SPEND mentality of the DEMACRATUS TAX & SPENDUS
How many times does something have to be repeated and from how many forms of media until propaganda takes on a life of its own?
Someone could use the Global Warming Hoax of the early 21st century as a case study.
Insanely drug driven Lousy Puh-Lousy
Wants to land a new fantasy of glory
Even though her own party knows the obvious
Never-Ever-Agains were always previously
HAS-BEENS
and before that , maybe semi-important
But their future is to be
HAS-BEENS
If Lousy Puhlousy would get off the drugs
MAYBE
She would understand.
If the Democrats take the House Pelosi will get her committee. However, to actually pass legislation she needs support of the Senate and a non-veto from President Trump. That is not going to happen.
It is Pelosi said that needs to be educated impact of extreme weather events. According to the UN IPCC these events are not increasing. She is following the standard alarmist protocol. Ignore anything that doesn’t support your cause.
Nsty Nancy needs to be reminded that back in the 1970’s it was Global Cooling and a New Ice Age was coming it was printed right in the same liberal rags like TIME and NEWSWEEK BACK IN THE 1970’S and fast forward 20 years ater and now its Global Warming the Eco-Nazis/Watermelons want our life controled from cradle to grave and when one dies they will reqire cremations so the body of their Earth Mother(gaia)wont be contaminated