Special House Committee on Global Warming?

Posted by Ivan Garcia on January 18th, 2007 filed in global warming, articles

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may form a special committee to address global warming…

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, intent on putting global warming atop the Democratic agenda, is shaking up traditional committee fiefdoms dominated by some of Congress’ oldest and most powerful members.

She’s moving to create a special committee to recommend legislation for cutting greenhouse gases, most likely to be chaired by Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., a Democratic leadership aide said Wednesday.

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Democratic officials said the committee would be responsible for advising the best legislative approaches while the actual bill-writing duties would likely still be done by Dingell’s and Rangel’s committees. Among the topics being negotiated are how long the committee should exist and how broad its focus should be, since global climate change affects virtually everything.

Representative John Dingell, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, heads the committee with potentially the most to lose if a special global warming committee is formed. Dingell is quoted in the story as saying he hasn’t been fully informed of Pelosi’s plans. Dingell is also viewed by many as being too protective of the automotive industry in his home state of Michigan.

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