A Reading Disability

EPA director Lisa Jackson testified Wednesday that she hadn't actually read the text of a bill she was promoting in a congressional committee appearance. I like the way Chris Horner described her testimony:

"I haven't read it -- but it's a great bill!"

Don't you think it's time members of Congress actually read and study the bills they are being asked to vote for? Especially when we are being threatened with a complete restructing of life as we know it? And shouldn't that also include the people who testify on behalf, or against, a piece of legislation?

Right now, the Obama Administration is trying to force a congressional stampede in favor of the Carbon Cap-and-Trade Tax legislation by threatening to use the EPA to mandate something even worse, if that were possible. Remarks Horner:

We've seen two major overreaches by the Democrats — the budget's cap-and-trade revenue stunt, and now this bill. The administration has painted itself into a corner with the "endangerment" threat: "We'll do something really disastrous to the economy unless you agree to do it first!" Now, either acting means they both lose — mutually assured political destruction, which is why they are desperately seeking to have their bacon saved.

A bit later today I want to talk about the actual cost of "cap and trade" to the average American family.