Gore’s global-warming testimony expected to draw big crowds

Source: The Hill

When former Vice President Al Gore testifies on Capitol Hill Wednesday about the dangers of global warming, committees in both chambers expect huge turnouts.

Not only do committees plan to open overflow rooms to hold staffers and members of the press, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee will re-locate to a larger room.

The EPW staffer said the hearing “could run as long as three hours.” Gore, who recently won an Oscar for his documentary film “An Inconvenient Truth,” is slated to speak for 30 minutes before taking questions.
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Chris Van Horne, owner and president of CVK Group, which charges $35 to $50 an hour to wait in line for clients, said yesterday they may send people to wait overnight to secure a room.



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Tivo set. Seriously though, I hope we can walk over the skeptics quickly and get on to some progressive policy.