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July 9, 2009
Carol Browner, Obama's climate-czar, to auto execs: "Put nothing in writing, ever" regarding secret negotiations about increased CAFE standards (Updated)
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Mark Tapscott writes at The Examiner:
Carol Browner, former Clinton administration EPA head and current Obama White House climate czar, instructed auto industry execs "to put nothing in writing, ever" regarding secret negotiations she orchestrated regarding a deal to increase federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards.Sister Toldjah points out that the NYT first reported on this - "in a positive light, of course" - back in May.Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-WI, is demanding a congressional investigation of Browner's conduct in the CAFE talks, saying in a letter to Rep. Henry Waxman, D-CA, that Browner "intended to leave little or no documentation of the deliberations that lead to stringent new CAFE standards."
Federal law requires officials to preserve documents concerning significant policy decisions, so instructing participants in a policy negotation concerning a major federal policy change could be viewed as a criminal act.
Waxman is chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. Sensenbrenner is the ranking Republican member of the panel.
Michelle Malkin writes, "Well, you were warned":
In December, I raised the alarm over Obama eco-czar's transparency-undermining, document-deleting habits.This is scandalous and should be covered by all the MSM. Yet we've learned by now that since it involves the Obama administration, silence is the order of the day.I wrote back then: "If fiscal conservatives, sound science advocates, and businesses don't raise a stink about Browner's crooked background, they deserve everything that's coming to them."
(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Posted by Richard at July 9, 2009 6:34 PM
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