Pipeline regulation bill that even the pipelines want being blocked by Rand "Let them eat cake" Paul

[ck4829]

A senator who opposes federal regulation on philosophical grounds is single-handedly blocking legislation that would strengthen safety rules for oil and gas pipelines, a bill that even the pipeline industry and companies in his own state support.

Republican Sen. Rand Paul's opposition to the bill hasn't wavered even after a gas pipeline rupture last week shook people awake in three counties in his home state of Kentucky.

Paul, a tea party ally who shares with his father, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, a desire to shrink the role of the federal government, won't discuss his role in stymieing the bill. But industry lobbyists, safety advocates and Senate aides said he is the only senator who is refusing to agree to procedures that would permit swift passage of the measure.

A deadly gas pipeline explosion near San Francisco last year — along with other recent gas explosions and oil pipeline spills — has created consensus in Congress, as well as in the industry, that there are gaps in federal safety regulations.

http://news.yahoo.com/senator-blocks-pipeline-safety-bill-principle-070809432.html

Rand Paul: "I say! Getting worked up and wanting protection every time the little 'people' are maimed or die. Preposterous, I say!"

[Angry Dragon]

1. I guess he figures he does not have to uphold his Oath of Office

In my opinion he is a traitor

[kwolf68]

2. This is what happens with

People whose ideology is essentially their religion are unreasonable. This is an issue most everyone can agree with and it's smart and sensible.

This man is hijacking our democracy and the safety of people, simply because of his vision of a capitalist utopia.

Paul is an embarrassment.

[ensho]

3. kick

nt