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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDispatches from Idiot America: Global Warming skeptic to chair House Science Committee
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), a skeptic of man-made global warming, is set to take over the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology in the 113th Congress.
On Tuesday afternoon, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced that the Republican Steering Committee had recommended Smith as the new chairman. The full House GOP caucus will vote on all chairmanships Wednesday and is expected to ratify the steering panel's choices.
Smith, like many of his Republican colleagues, has expressed doubt that global warming is caused by human behavior. In 2009, he criticized the media for not airing enough "dissenting opinions" about climate change.
"The (ABC, NBC and CBS television) networks have shown a steady pattern of bias on climate change," Smith said in a statement at the time. "During a six-month period, four out of five network news reports failed to acknowledge any dissenting opinions about global warming, according to a Business and Media Institute study. The networks should tell Americans the truth, rather than hide the facts." ....................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/27/lamar-smith-global-warming-house-science_n_2200408.html
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Dispatches from Idiot America: Global Warming skeptic to chair House Science Committee (Original Post)
marmar
Nov 2012
OP
lalalu
(1,663 posts)1. Americans vote these idiots into office
between pumping water out of their basements or standing on top of their flattened homes.
IDoMath
(404 posts)2. I live in his District
The DNC needs to make ousting him a priority, though I don't know what it would take.
GeorgeGist
(25,322 posts)3. Bad Government ...
is good for business?