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The response from the majority party was an embarrassment to the institution of Congress and to the American people. Acting as if the hearing were a drinking game of debunked global warming myths, the Republicans on the committee uniformly acted as if they were wading into some grand scientific debate, whose proponents just wanted to take America's energy away. Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE) took a brave stand against the secret plot to ban nitrogen. Whitfield cited the canards of the Minoan warming period, the Medieval warming period, and growing Antarctic ice. Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) competed with Whitfield, spinning tales of Vikings, global warming on Mars, and global cooling.
After Scopes Climate Trial, Republicans To Push Upton-Inhofe Bill On Thursday
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At the end of the hearing, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) gave Whitfield a chance to go back from the precipice of science denial. He asked Whitfield to delay consideration of the Upton-Inhofe bill to overturn the EPA climate rules, including the scientific finding that global warming pollution is a threat to public health. Whitfield rejected Waxman's offer, saying that his subcommittee will markup the science-prevention act on Thursday.
How the hell did the House and Senate become a mall for some crazy people.
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