On the recordMarch 29, 2017
It looks like my colleagues have wasted no time moving back to familiar territory after their healthcare disaster last week. Instead of fighting over how many people should lose health coverage, they decided that it is easier to unite around the shared cause of climate denial. This week President Trump announced plans to gut President Obama's landmark Clean Power Plan, and the House will vote on legislation to block the EPA from reviewing peer reviewed scientific research when forming regulations. So think about that for a second--the majority couldn't agree on how many people should lose healthcare coverage; so they are united around the shared cause of climate denial. The President likes to claim that climate change is a hoax created by the Chinese. Well, I know that the President and his party have developed a disdain for fact-checkers, but silencing the scientific community takes things to a whole new level. Mr. Speaker, I have to ask: Can my colleagues handle the truth? ____________________





