WASHINGTON (SR) - The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved a Democratic climate change bill Thursday requiring any industry that can survive to 2020 under the proposed law reduce their greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent, and for the rest who go bankrupt trying, by 100 percent.
Republicans on the committee unanimously boycotted the bill because of the certainty it would, if passed, drive thousands of companies out of business and crush profits for those that remain, ultimately transforming the U.S. into a fetid slum.
Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer defended the bill on the grounds that "business doesn't much matter when polar bears are catching fire." Boxer colleague Senator Frank Lautenburg also dismissed Republican fears of economic collapse, asking reporters, "What good is having a job if everything's frozen solid and you're so freaking cold you can't hardly move?"
My comments: So is this bill to make things colder or hotter? I don't know about you, but I need an answer from one of these clueless pinheads before I hit the GAP this weekend! Let's have a margarita while we wait for their answer.
Senator Barbara Boxer
