WASHINGTON D.C. Congress Majority Leadership has gotten so eager to ram legislation through Congress that they arent able to keep up with their own lightning fast pace as much of the policy being passed is not reviewed by a House committee or read even by the members of the committee of jurisdiction.
Democrats put on their best shocked" and outraged" faces on the floor last week after dealing with the consequences of their hastily crafted and recklessly passed stimulus bill and after todays passage of the whopping Omnibus Public Land Management Act Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) encouraged them to keep on practicing their surprised expressions.
Gohmert a member of the Natural Resources Committee pointed out that of the 170 independent bills lumped together in the 1246 page omnibus about 100 of them have not followed the proper process in the House. The Chairman of the Natural Resources Committee had commented in his floor speech that the arguments by opponents of the bill were petty." Gohmert facetiously noted that after the $1.6 or so trillion rammed through the House by the Democrat majority leadership maybe $10 billion seemed petty" but to most Americans $10 billion is still a very big deal.
At a time when gasoline and energy prices are rising the economys struggling people are losing jobs and having their pay cut what is this Congress going to do to help? Its going to put more land and desperately needed energy off limits so those in this country cant help themselves. Hoarding our resources may be a good idea if this is a long term plan to stay stocked while we wait for the rest of the world to use up its energy resources but lets be honest Congress doesnt have that kind of foresight" Gohmert stated.
Even more frightening there are 100 bills in this package that havent been fully reviewed by the House and whose consequences havent been thoroughly considered. So some in this Congress need to again practice yelling Im shocked! Im outraged!" and they should start now. Because once people start finding out whats in the bill what provisions werent discussed in hearings that could have been tweaked to avoid the outrages that are to come well need to have people crying Im shocked! Im outraged!" in front of the cameras to save their jobs."
While Americans are struggling to make ends meet under a lagging economy as well as facing rising gas prices and the upcoming summer seasons higher energy costs the Omnibus Public Land Management Act will make energy even more scarce as it blocks millions of acres of land from new oil and gas leasing logging mining and other development activity.
WASHINGTON D.C. Congress Majority Leadership has gotten so eager to ram legislation through Congress that they arent able to keep up with their own lightning fast pace as much of the policy being passed is not reviewed by a House committee or read even by the members of the committee of jurisdiction.
Democrats put on their best shocked" and outraged" faces on the floor last week after dealing with the consequences of their hastily crafted and recklessly passed stimulus bill and after todays passage of the whopping Omnibus Public Land Management Act Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) encouraged them to keep on practicing their surprised expressions.
Gohmert a member of the Natural Resources Committee pointed out that of the 170 independent bills lumped together in the 1246 page omnibus about 100 of them have not followed the proper process in the House. The Chairman of the Natural Resources Committee had commented in his floor speech that the arguments by opponents of the bill were petty." Gohmert facetiously noted that after the $1.6 or so trillion rammed through the House by the Democrat majority leadership maybe $10 billion seemed petty" but to most Americans $10 billion is still a very big deal.
At a time when gasoline and energy prices are rising the economys struggling people are losing jobs and having their pay cut what is this Congress going to do to help? Its going to put more land and desperately needed energy off limits so those in this country cant help themselves. Hoarding our resources may be a good idea if this is a long term plan to stay stocked while we wait for the rest of the world to use up its energy resources but lets be honest Congress doesnt have that kind of foresight" Gohmert stated.
Even more frightening there are 100 bills in this package that havent been fully reviewed by the House and whose consequences havent been thoroughly considered. So some in this Congress need to again practice yelling Im shocked! Im outraged!" and they should start now. Because once people start finding out whats in the bill what provisions werent discussed in hearings that could have been tweaked to avoid the outrages that are to come well need to have people crying Im shocked! Im outraged!" in front of the cameras to save their jobs."
While Americans are struggling to make ends meet under a lagging economy as well as facing rising gas prices and the upcoming summer seasons higher energy costs the Omnibus Public Land Management Act will make energy even more scarce as it blocks millions of acres of land from new oil and gas leasing logging mining and other development activity.
