Senator Byron Dorgan speaking on the floor of the Senate on why he can’t support any legislation that looks like the Waxman-Markey Global Warming bill:
My preference would be that we not take up the Waxman-Markey bill, as such. I know a lot of work has gone into that legislation, but my preference would be that we start in a different direction. I do not have a problem with capping carbon…I’m for a low-carbon future, but in my judgment, those who would bring to the floor of the United States Senate a replication of what has been done in the House with over 400 pages describing the ‘cap-and-trade’ piece of capping carbon, will find very little favor from me and I would suspect from some others as well. There are better and other more direct ways do this to protect our planet. But, I’ve been to the floor many, many, many times talking about what has happened with credit default swaps, what’s happened with CDO’s, what happened with the oil futures market, on and on and on. If what has happened gives anybody confidence, then they’re in a deep sleep and just don’t understand it.
Why in the world do the relevant committees of Congress summon testimony from some of the many thousands of scientists, including many Ph.D's and Nobel laureates, who dissent, who insist that there isn't a shred of solid scientific evidence that the globe is warming? Indeed, the scientists who support it seem to be those who are the recipients of large sums of the taxpayers' monies to insist that there is a "consensus." I am not a scientists, but I know there can be no such thing as a scientific consensus — science is not a matter of opinion; it is a process that proves or disproves an idea.
In the first line, the word "not" should be inserted in front of the word "testimony."
In the 5th line, the word scientists should be singular, not plural.
I've been flipping back and forth all day between the Sotomayor hearing and both houses' daily business. I caught the Sen.Dorgan address to the floor and couldn't REALLY believe that a Democrat was letting those words spill from his mouth…but they did! Maybe "SOME" of the Dem's are going to take a Pelosi and wipe their Dodd's,then proceed to show some backbone.It's about time! Or just maybe Dorgan's seat is under some sort of squeeze by an up and coming Republican in his home district? What you didn't print was the fact that Dorgan did insist that "SOME SORT" of Energy Cap bill should be passed through the Senate and handed to Obama, just to say that they "did" something for climate change. Cap and Trade should die a slow and tortuous death in the Senate. We can only hope.
Even ten years ago, if I had suggested that the majority party’s proposed bill would be withheld from the minority party two hours from the vote — and then one copy was grudgingly provided, to be shared by all 435 Representatives , you would have looked at me like I was a crazy person…….
Well that’s exactly what happened when the U.S. Congress voted on and passed the infamous HR 2454 Cap and Trade/Carbon Emissions Bill. Final vote: 219 Yea, 212 Nay. A little after 3 am on that very same day a 300 page amendment was added to the original 900+ pages. This is the longest suicide note in history and will further hasten our downward economic spiral. The U.S. Senate looks to debate it this Fall where it will likely get nowhere. Friday’s vote may have been a gift to the POTUS for the upcoming UN meeting knowing there’s little chance of it getting thru the Senate. Before Friday’s vote I made my feelings known to our Democratic Congressman. I see he voted No but I’ve no idea what his real motivation was. Some that voted Yes received calls 20:1 urging a No vote and they still voted Yes.
This is about more than just higher electricity rates. It’s a massive redistribution of wealth, further limits our freedoms all under the guise of reducing an essential trace greenhouse gas, and does next to nil for energy independence. This Manmade Global Warming/Climate Change House Of Cards is tumbling down. Every week more and more new contrary evidence is seeing the light of day. The Mainstream Media won’t report it, but this vital information is getting out to those that want honest debate on this important issue.
Looking past the Senate this Fall we have the December Copenhagen UN meeting on a new Global Warming Treaty. Remember the Kyoto Treaty? Well you ain’t seen nothing yet. I shudder to think what the U.S. delegation would love to commit us to for years or decades forward. Lastly there’s the U.S. EPA waiting in the wings to regulate all things CO2. Recently a leaked string of internal EPA e-mails detailed suppression of evidence that undermines the CO2 argument. Many derided the career EPA employee as not being a climatologist. Well Mr. Carlin has a physics degree. Al Gore is no climatologist or scientist but he’s allowed to testify before Congress on this issue. Madness!
Remember Friday’s vote, because if this horror show is implemented on the American public it will blow up in our face as it has in every country this has been tried. At what cost in dollars and individual freedoms? Mark your calendar in RED, because that is the path we are heading toward. Contact your Senators and ask them if they’re prepared to defend a Yes vote for this misguided Bill. Let them know a NO Vote will ensure your support next election cycle.
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Senator.I caught your speech on the senate floor,in regards to that soldier that got electrocuted in the shower I was bull. I'ts bad enough to be shot at but to be electrocuted in the shower because of incompetents, and corruption ticks me off. Ive called my senators and reps here in Florida,I've asked my children in Boston to do the same.These people should be charged with muder.My sympathy to his mother. Mr Donald McGillicuddy