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Both you and President Obama have said they would much prefer for Congress to take the lead on dealing with climate change - most likely through passing some kind of carbon cap and trade bill - as opposed to having the EPA act on its own. Why is that...
...there are concerns about how to make sure that, especially at this time, the energy agenda moves us forward. All of these things can't happen easily through a regulatory dialogue no matter how open we make the process because those issues fall outside the Clean Air Act. (See who's who in Obama's White House...
Should this move be seen as a bit of a prod toward Congress? As if EPA were saying: "We want you to act, but if you don't, we are obligated to take action ourselves...
...other people will see it but EPA acts independently of Congress. The important thing to remember about the endangerment are that there are two signposts that compel the EPA to act. The first is the Supreme Court decision [Massachusetts vs. EPA]. The dispute over whether the Clean Air Act should be used to regulate greenhouse gases was settled by the highest court in the land. The court ruled over two years ago that EPA should determine whether or not greenhouse gases meet the test for criteria pollutants, whether they endanger public health and welfare. For two years...
...highest integrity. She has asked that all the materials connected with it be released, and I hope that her request is granted. I think it's very important that it be granted." Even a few Republicans defended Harman. "I would find it virtually impossible to believe that Jane would act in any other than professional manner," said Senator Susan Collins, a Maine Republican. "I know her very well; she has very high ethical standards...