Bush Appointee Lied to Congress (EPA Holmstead)

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_3237.shtml

A Bush administration appointee misled Congress in 2002 on the negative impact of new power plant emissions rules on ongoing federal lawsuits against coal-burning utilities.
The Environmental Protection Agency in August eased rules for utilities to make it easier for them to revamp facilities without triggering expensive pollution-reduction requirements.

Consumer advocacy group Public Citizen says in a report released today that EPA Deputy Administrator Jeff Holmstead gave "false and misleading testimony" in July 2002 to a joint Senate committee by claiming the rules would not harm ongoing federal lawsuits.

Holmstead calls Public Citizen's assertions "absolutely outrageous and completely untrue," and said the rule changes had not harmed the cases. But Holmstead, in defending the EPA's positions, told other lies about the issue, including a misrepresentation of positions of a former EPA official.

Sylvia Lowrance, a former high-ranking official in the EPA's enforcement division, says she "repeatedly told Holmstead that the rulemaking would inevitably hurt the cases

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What's this smoky, dirty and steadily warming little world coming to?

(Insert projectile vomiting noise here).

They fried Espy for a couple of football tickets. Seems like lying to Congress aobut fact in an EPA report should cost you your job at minimum.

sure seems like it from up here in CanukVille !!

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Now that person, if such a person existed, would make a headline!

solicitor general - this entire admin is full of liars and traitors and chickenhawks

I'm sure it's "National Security" reasons.

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