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GOP: Copenhagen could 'destroy millions of American jobs'

Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) slammed Democratic climate-change legislation Saturday just as President Barack Obama prepares to trek to an international conference in Copehnagen.

In the weekly Republican address, Blackburn said the Copenhagen summit could result in emissions mandates that "would destroy millions of American jobs and damage our economic competitiveness for decades to come."

The EPA and Democrats in Congress, she argued, would heed those mandates by imposing new regulations on American businesses.

"With Americans already facing double-digit unemployment, there could not be a worse time to unilaterally disarm our engines of job creation and economic growth," she said.

Environmentalists hope that the conference in Copenhagen will result in a political agreement to work toward broad emissions reductions across the globe. Democrats say cap-and-trade legislation will create "green jobs" while reducing greenhouse-gas levels.

Blackburn said the "Climate Gate" e-mails show that scientists have fudged the evidence on global warming in order to "bully citizens and lawmakers into supporting job-killing energy tax schemes."

"This scandal raises serious questions about Democrats' climate control plans, questions that deserve a transparent investigation -- not a rush to judgment -- by the bureaucrats in Copenhagen," the Tennessee Republican said.

Posted by Fred 2009-12-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 That is entirely the point of Copenhagen, to cripple America and the West.

Posted by gromky 2009-12-13 04:40|| 2009-12-13 04:40|| Front Page Top

#2 there are millions of jobs left in America?

Posted by chris 2009-12-13 13:04|| 2009-12-13 13:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Word, gromky. >:-(

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2009-12-13 13:13|| 2009-12-13 13:13|| Front Page Top

#4 ~~there are~~ millions of jobs left in America

Fixed

Posted by European Conservative 2009-12-13 13:29|| 2009-12-13 13:29|| Front Page Top

#5 Climate change legislation will not elevate poor peoples standard of living but it will lower American citizens standard of living. Indeed if such legislation passes it will make poor people poorer.

Posted by JohnQC 2009-12-13 15:07|| 2009-12-13 15:07|| Front Page Top

#6 This is insanity, based on failed science, bound to do nothing actually about climate, and dooming what is left of American industry and manufacturing to Luddite-like status.
And even if all this is actually true, whci I know it is not, do you actually believe the Russiams, Indians and CHINESE, are going to abide by the rules?

The Chinese telling the truth? Please folks...

Heavens, how fricking stupid can Washington be?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2009-12-13 17:48|| 2009-12-13 17:48|| Front Page Top

#7 The stupidity in Washington is a reflection of the stupidity in the electorate. The Zero is not a cause of the problem, but he is a symptom of the problem.

"Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other." Edmund Burke

Posted by SR-71 2009-12-13 18:05|| 2009-12-13 18:05|| Front Page Top

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