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House Republicans Eliminating Global Warming Committee
Boehner spokesman: "The Select Committee on Global Warming is unnecessary and taxpayers will not have to fund it in the 112th Congress"
thecaucusMembers of the House of Representatives will not be pondering global warming on Speaker John A. Boehner’s watch.
Republicans plan to eliminate the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, which was created by the current speaker, Nancy Pelosi, in 2007 to examine climate change and press for possible caps on carbon dioxide emissions.
Climate change matters are overseen by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, as well as the Natural Resources Committee; the select committee did not pass legislation but did hold hearings, which will cease in the new Congress.
“We have pledged to save taxpayers’ money by reducing waste and duplication in Congress,” Michael Steel, a spokesman for Mr. Boehner, who will become speaker in January, said in a statement. “The Select Committee on Global Warming was created by Democrats simply to provide political cover to pass their job-killing national energy tax. It is unnecessary, and taxpayers will not have to fund it in the 112th Congress
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