Looks like the Democrats don’t actually care but the Republicans do. Bully for them!
House Republicans scuttled a climate change hearing Tuesday before it began after too few Democrats showed up to contest adjournment.
The House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations adjourned the hearing after Republicans secured a majority of votes. Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas excused the members after determining the subject matter of the hearing was outside of committee jurisdiction.
“Based on the title of today’s hearings, it seems the majority is focused on science and public health issues, which are great. We just don’t have that jurisdiction,” Gohmert said, noting the hearing was the seventh the Oversight Committee held on climate change in February.
He added: “It can be inferred from the hearing’s title that there is industry denial about climate change. It appears today’s tittle is well within our committee’s jurisdiction. I move that we adjourn.”
Democrats were outvoted 4-2, with several members of the majority party missing from the House Committee. Those who were present bickered briefly over whether the hearing could be adjourned.