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March 4, 2009

Democrats hide climate change power grab in spending bill

Topics: Political News and commentaries

A warning from Representative Doc Hastings:

Using a massive $410 billion spending bill as a cloak, Democrat leaders in Congress have been caught attempting to create almost limitless new federal powers to regulate climate change without any public notice, public comment, or public debate. The provision slipped into this bill would allow the Department of Interior to regulate all greenhouse gas emissions across the entire country based on the listing of the polar bear as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

Democrats are distorting the intention of the ESA to give the federal government vast new climate change powers, and are trying to do it behind the backs of the American people by exempting their actions from multiple federal laws requiring public notice and participation in government decisions.

What is especially alarming is the significant threat this provision poses to job creation and our economy. All economic activity that results in greater greenhouse gas emissions would be in jeopardy of lawsuits. To illustrate the far-reaching potential economic consequences of this provision, it could even be used to stall, halt or block the "shovel ready" job-creating projects in the trillion dollar economic stimulus bill.

Aside from the disastrous economic repercussions, using the Fish and Wildlife Service as the agency to arrest global warming makes no sense at all. Naturally, we're not hearing the downside of the Dems' plans from the media.

Posted by Hyscience at March 4, 2009 8:46 AM

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