A tug of war is underway on Capitol Hill whether Oklahoma Congressman Markwayne Mullin and others who are members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee should continue to write climate legislation.
New York’s Democratic Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is making a name for her brashness, is pushing for changes.
“People are going to die if we don’t start addressing climate change ASAP,” she tweeted this week in response to President Trump’s dismissal of the government’s newest report on climate change. She wants a defunct climate committee to be revived in the house and also give it the power to create and draw up legislation.
Rep. Frank Pallon prefers keeping the legislation-writing power on the Energy and Commerce Committee, a committee that he’s in line to lead when Democrats take control of the House.
“House Democrats plan to aggressively address climate change and hold the Administration accountable for its backward policies that only make it worse.”
At least Rep. Mullin knows the issues he and other Republicans will face as they prepare to become the minority party in the House.
