Friday, September 2, 2016

HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO INVESTIGATE CLIMATE INVESTIGATORS

HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO INVESTIGATE CLIMATE INVESTIGATORS - But who will investigate the investigation investigators? Who, we ask you?!? Kate Sheppard: “House Science Committee Chair Lamar Smith (R-Texas) wants to exert congressional authority over state attorneys general who are trying to investigate ExxonMobil’s climate record. The committee announced plans to hold an oversight hearing on Sept. 14 to ‘examine Congress’ investigative authority as it relates to the committee’s oversight of the impact of investigations undertaken by the attorneys general of New York and Massachusetts at the behest of several environmental organizations.’ The hearing will feature three conservative legal scholars,according to The HillThe hearing title, ‘Affirming Congress’ Constitutional Oversight Responsibilities: Subpoena Authority and Recourse for Failure to Comply with Lawfully Issued Subpoenas,’ is a mouthful. But it basically seeks to lend credence to the committee’s efforts to investigate the state attorneys general who are investigating ExxonMobil.” [HuffPost]

The republicans just can't get enough of investigating and no, I did not make this up !
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