Democrats React to Bush's Global Warming Speech
As expected, President Bush's speech on climate change today is getting some Democrats in Congress pretty riled up, so the press releases are flying! Here are a few choice quotes:
"If this is President Bush's idea of 20/20 vision, he needs to get his eyes checked. We should recognize this announcement for what it is: a late, insufficient and insincere effort by a President who refuses to support responsible policies to address the urgent challenge of global climate change."
--Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.)
"The President’s plan to have America stand by while greenhouse gases reach dangerous levels and threaten America and the world is worse than doing nothing – it is the height of irresponsibility."
--Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)
"With just nine months left in his term, the White House has already made clear that the President's announcement today will not reverse his record on global warming before he leaves office."
--House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)
Comments:
Posted 04/17/2008 10:20am with
IF President Bush had unveiled his goals for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions at the beginning of his administration instead of in its waning months, he might have actually played a role in linking the United States to global efforts to curb climate change. But the proposals he made yesterday, which in 2001 could have been a starting point for negotiations with advocates of stronger action in Congress, are now too belated and too weak to be more than a historical footnote. All three remaining presidential candidates are committed to much more stringent, mandatory reductions in carbon dioxide.