Bush's E.P.A. Nominee Under Fire in Senate

[Snellius]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush's environmental record came under heavy attack on Capitol Hill on Tuesday as Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt sought to win Senate confirmation as head of the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Yet Democrats made little mention of Leavitt in their opening statements at his confirmation hearing, aiming their fire instead at the Republican president.

``Why does the White House reject clear evidence that global warming is a real and growing threat?'' Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut asked in a prepared statement.

``Why will the White House not disclose information regarding the public health impact of its recent rollback of Clean Air standards?'' added Lieberman, a 2004 presidential candidate.
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At Tuesday's hearing, Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, asked Leavitt: ``Are you going to ramp up enforcement of (federal environmental) laws?''

``The goal is compliance,'' Leavitt responded.

``That isn't being done today,'' Wyden said.

While Republican senators rose to the defense of Bush, Sen. Jim Jeffords, a Vermont independent, voiced the sentiment of many critics when he said: ``The record of the Environmental Protection Agency under this president is abysmal.''

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/politics/politics-congress-epa.html

[samsingh]

1. isn't that a surprise?

[Don_G]

2. Let's See...

Diplomacy without the State Department, Environmental Protection without the EPA, massive and directed tax cuts without the advice of the Treasury Department, an energy policy set behind closed doors by a Secretary that has everything to gain and 2 invasions for the same reason and by the same people.

Yep, they're honest. Nothing to see here. Get over it and move on.