With this? A dancing Democrat bartender? (Do I win a new car or something?) Maybe I win the internets for the day?
Posted on 02/26/2019 3:00:22 PM PST by yesthatjallen
Republicans on a House Natural Resources Committee subpanel successfully managed on Tuesday to force a motion to adjourn at the start of a hearing on climate change due to the number of Democratic absences.
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations ranking member Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) kicked off the hearing — titled The Denial Playbook: How Industries Manipulate Science and Policy from Climate Change to Public Health — by arguing the topics didn't fall under the panel’s purview.
“This is now the seventh Oversight hearing related to climate change that the majority is holding this month, starting with a full committee hearing. It’s been a bit concerning how this all fits within this committee's jurisdiction,” Gohmert said during his opening statement.
The firebrand Texas conservative argued that witness testimonies on football concussions, opioid addiction, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and epidemiology fall outside of the panel’s sphere. Gohmert said while there were things they could all likely agree on, the topics would be better suited for the Energy and Commerce Committee and Education and Labor Committee.
“When it comes to matters of climate change, the House rules explicitly references several topics — topics include such as conservation of energy resources, almost anything that has to do with renewable energy, energy policy, environmental research, scientific research, the National Science Foundation and even the National Weather Service,” he continued. “None of these areas fall within the jurisdiction of this committee.”
When subcommittee Chairman T.J. Cox (D-Calif.) initially refused to agree to Gohmert’s motion to adjourn, the Texas lawmaker requested a roll call vote, in which Republicans prevailed with a 4-2 margin.
“Today, the GOP members of our committee walked out of our hearing on climate denial, refusing to listen to our witnesses,” Cox tweeted.
Man we had climate change a couple of weeks ago. Was 33F, then two days later got up to 91F. But we just call it Weather!
Why show up in the first place?
I’d love to get me some climate change. It will be 17 below zero in Minneapolis this weekend.
“An appearance of backbone.”
And truancy. But Gohmert schooled them anyway.
OK!! Everybody pay attention!
Lesson for today:
1. The sun is 1,300,000 times as big as the earth.
2. The sun is a giant nuclear furnace that controls the climates of all its planets.
3. The earth is one of the sun’s planets.
4. The earth is a speck in comparison to the size of the sun.
5. Inhabitants of the earth are less than specks.
Study Question: How do less-than-specks in congress plan to control the sun?
An appearance of backbone.
Just for show and for the gullible base ... push come to shove, when the bacon is in the pan, most of these guys will find a way to wimp out again
So that when Cox claims they walked out, it is a lie. Just another of a million lies told by democrats, dozens in the past week that the fact-checkers ignore while they try to pretend that Trump saying that media that lies is an enemy of the people is a “lie”.
That’s what we call a normal day in West Texas. If you don’t like the weather here, hang around awhile and it will change.
I have some info about climate change, sometimes its hot and sometimes its cold..yep its called LIFE
Excellent, Gomert!
keep it up! So easy to outmaneuver these ‘progressive’ idiots.
A few weeks ago, we had a 75 degree swing in 24 hours going in the other direction
I thought maybe it was called on account of the weather....
climate change
we did too
so far in february we have had 11.3 inches of rain
the normal for the whole month is 3”
I love it, and would like to hear about more “in your face” actions against dems
Dancing bartender? Hardly. That’s the world’s leading expert on climate, energy, and human reproduction.
LOL
Don’t forget “Macro-Economics” too!
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