Waxman Calls For Energy & Commerce Hearings On Extreme Weather, & Climate - No GOP Response

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Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), a top House Democrat, is urging the Energy and Commerce Committee's Republican majority to hold a hearing that explores links between climate change and extreme weather. The request, spelled out in a letter Friday, is a sign that Democrats and environmentalists hope to translate the recent record-setting heatwaves into political momentum for efforts to battle global warming.

It asks Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) to convene a hearing “on the recent wildfires and extreme weather events the United States has experienced and the role global climate change played in these events.”

Waxman, the committee’s top Democrat, notes that Republicans have declined repeated requests over the past year to hold hearings on climate science.

“Our premise was that if you and other Republican members had genuine doubts about the strength of the science, you would welcome hearings at which Committee members could hear testimony from the nation’s leading experts. Yet you have not responded to any of our letters,” states the letter from Waxman and Rep. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.), a top lieutenant on the committee.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/237769-waxman-presses-gop-for-hearing-on-extreme-weather-climate

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