AOL NEWS: — House Republicans cooled off efforts to study global warming today by killing the select subcommittee that has been investigating climate change.
“The Select Committee on Global Warming was created by Democrats simply to provide political cover to pass their job-killing national energy tax. It is unnecessary, and taxpayers will not have to fund it in the 112th Congress,” Steel said.
The committee was created in 2007 by outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to take the lead on climate change issues. Although the committee has no authority to pass legislation — climate change and energy bills are handled by the House Energy and Commerce and the Natural Resources committees — the select committee held dozens of hearings… (more)
