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Treasury Department Should Open Its Books on Climate Change Policy
Sensenbrenner: “Reveal climate costs before hoisting them onto our struggling economy”
11/18/2009
Washington, D.C.– The Treasury Department should provide more information about the agency’s efforts to take a role in climate change policy and release all documents and memos relating to climate change issues, Reps. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., and Darrell Issa, R-Calif., said in a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. One recently released Treasury Department memo policy revealed that the economic costs of climate change policy “will likely be on the order of 1 percent of GDP, making them equal in scale to all existing environmental regulation,” while another memo argued that the agency was “uniquely positioned” to take a larger role on climate change policy. Sensenbrenner and Issa said it’s likely that the Treasury Department has produced more documents on climate change policy issues and asked the department to release them.
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EPA Censorship of Video Raises New Questions about Suppression of Science
Sensenbrenner: “Another Example of Playing Dirty to Get Green”
11/13/2009
Washington, D.C.– Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson should explain her agency’s efforts to silence two employees who used a video posted on YouTube to question the value of a carbon trading system currently being considered in Congress, Reps. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., and Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., said in a letter to Jackson. “This is another example of the EPA playing dirty to get green,” said Sensenbrenner, ranking Republican on the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. “These two EPA attorneys merely sought to point out some of the many flaws inherent in a cap-and-tax system. Despite their decades of work on environmental issues, the EPA has sought to minimize their experience as well as their views."
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Sensenbrenner: Senate Should Slow Down on Global Warming Bill
‘This bill will send energy costs racing upward and put the brakes on any hope of economic recovery.’
11/5/2009
Washington, D.C.– Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, Wis., ranking Republican on the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, today criticized the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works for passing global warming legislation without participation from the panel’s Republicans or waiting for a thorough economic analysis from the Environmental Protection Agency. “I guess after seeing Tuesday’s election results, Democrats figured they had to hit the gas on their global warming bill and not bother with a pesky EPA analysis,” Sensenbrenner said. “This bill will send energy costs racing upward and put the brakes on any hope of economic recovery. Once the American public starts paying for these special interests, Democrats may not have much to hope for in future elections either. Senate Democrats should do themselves and all Americans a favor and pause on this legislation until we can find an economically-viable solution.” # # # #
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Energy Secretary Chu Wrong to Cheer Companies Leaving U.S. Chamber
Nike, Apple Won’t Feel Consequences of Costly Climate Bill
10/22/2009
Washington, D.C.– Energy Secretary Steven Chu should not cheer companies that sever ties with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over its climate policies, especially since those companies have significant overseas manufacturing operations, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., ranking member on the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, told Chu in a letter sent Wednesday. In media reports, Chu said it was “wonderful” that Apple, Nike and a few other companies left or reduced their involvement with the Chamber of Commerce because of the business group’s position on costly climate legislation. Sensenbrenner criticized Chu for his comments because they failed to take into account the use of overseas manufacturing by Apple and Nike.
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Sensenbrenner: Climate Adaptation a Better Strategy than Cap-and-Tax
10/22/2009
Washington, D.C.– U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., ranking Republican on the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, made the following statement during today’s hearing titled, “Building U.S. Resilience to Global Warming Impacts:” “Adaptation is an important, but often overlooked, facet of the global warming debate. That’s probably why the GAO has concluded that federal, state and local governments need better coordination on climate adaptation strategies.
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EPA Rush to Regulate Carbon Led to Suppression of Internal Criticism
Sensenbrenner, Issa Say Report Shows EPA Putting Politics over Science
10/15/2009
Washington, D.C.– The Environmental Protection Agency’s rush to reach a prejudged outcome on a major environmental regulation led officials to squash internal scientific debate and raises concerns about the Agency’s justifications for a proposed energy tax that will have significant impact on the economy, Reps. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., and Darrell Issa, R-Calif., charged in a Congressional staff report release today. EPA suppressed an analyst’s report that challenged the Agency’s scientific record on proposed greenhouse gas regulations, a major plank of the Obama Administration’s environmental agenda, and later tried to discredit him and other employees who raised legitimate issues, according to “The Politics of EPA’s Endangerment Finding,” a report by the minority staffs of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming and the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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Sensenbrenner: Without Global Participation, Climate Treaty Will ‘Flunk Good Deal Test’
10/6/2009
Madison, Wis.– U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., ranking Republican on the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, issued the following statement in conjunction with his appearance at the Society of Environmental Journalists’ Annual Conference: “India’s government says that the West owes billions of dollars to developing nations to compensate for climate change. In its submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Indian government argued that this funding should be a legal obligation that ‘cannot be subject to decisions of developed country governments or legislatures.’
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Sensenbrenner Statement on Boxer-Kerry Cap-and-Tax Bill
9/29/2009
Washington, D.C.– U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., ranking Republican on the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, issued the following statement on cap-and-tax legislation released today by Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and John Kerry, D-Mass.: “It’s unfortunate that the Senate is following the House’s lead by pushing cap-and-tax legislation that will cost jobs and raise energy prices for all Americans. Even the Administration knows that cap-and-tax, regardless of how it’s structured, will result in money being taken out of the economy. Recently uncovered Treasury Department documents show the Administration expects climate regulations to cost up to several percentage points in GDP, a staggering tax that the Department says could rival all corporate income taxes in size. That’s why I call this policy cap-and-tax.
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Sensenbrenner Raises Concerns over Energy Department White Paper Refuting Spanish Study
9/28/2009
Washington, D.C.– U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., ranking Republican on the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, asked the Department of Energy to explain why one of its offices produced a report refuting a study by a Spanish economist on the effect that country’s renewable energy subsidies was having on employment. Sensenbrenner said the August 1 white paper from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory was “highly unusual” because it specifically sought to refute a Spanish University’s study about Spanish energy policy.
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Sensenbrenner: Spain’s Experience Shines Light on Solar Subsidies
9/24/2009
Washington, D.C.– U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., ranking Republican on the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, made the following statement during today’s hearing titled, “Solar Heats Up: Accelerating Widespread Deployment:” “There is no good or evil with energy sources. Because every energy source carries distinctly different positives and negatives, developing a new energy system from the ground up is proving to be an impossible task for policymakers.
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