The Republican leaders of 11 House committees are calling on Democratic leadership to hold hearings on the Green New Deal in an effort to cast the plan as a bad idea for Americans.
The ranking members sent House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) a letter March 14 asking her to direct the chairs of committees to hold hearings on H.Res. 109, the resolution introduced by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) that lays out an ambitious blueprint to dramatically reduce fossil fuel use in the next decade.
“Only through the scrutiny of the legislative process can the ...
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