Cheney Aides Altered EPA Testimony, Agency Official Says
Ex-Administrator Says Official From Vice President's Office Edited Out Six Pages
By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, July 8, 2008; 2:45 PM
Members of Vice President Cheney's staff censored congressional testimony by a top federal official on the health threats posed by global warming, a former Environmental Protection Agency official said today.
In a letter to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, former EPA deputy associate administrator Jason K. Burnett said an official from Cheney's office edited out six pages from the testimony of Julie L. Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, last October.
Several media outlets, including The Washington Post, reported at the time that Gerberding had planned to say that "CDC considers climate change a serious public health concern," among other passages.
Boxer said the administration feared that Gerberding's testimony would force it to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels. The White House has opposed mandatory limits and insisted that voluntary measures and increased research are the best way to address the problem.
"The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and the Office of the Vice President (OVP) were seeking deletions to the CDC testimony," Burnett, a 31-year old Stanford-trained economist and a Democrat, wrote in response to an inquiry from Boxer's committee. "CEQ requested that I work with CDC to remove from the testimony any discussion of the human health consequences of climate change."
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How many more of these reports will it take before someone orders the entire Bushyt Cabal to be placed under arrest?
Seriously. This has become a daily occurence and I've yet to see anything done about it.
Seriously. This has become a daily occurence and I've yet to see anything done about it.
It is actually quite brilliant when you think about it...
A. do as much damage to all govt institutions and regulartory agencis as possible
B. eliminate anything that helps the common man
C. commit unlimited fraud and corruption so much so that it will be too much to deal with
A. do as much damage to all govt institutions and regulartory agencis as possible
B. eliminate anything that helps the common man
C. commit unlimited fraud and corruption so much so that it will be too much to deal with
QUOTE (Randys @ Jul 8 2008, 03:58 PM) 
It is actually quite brilliant when you think about it...
A. do as much damage to all govt institutions and regulartory agencis as possible
B. eliminate anything that helps the common man
C. commit unlimited fraud and corruption so much so that it will be too much to deal with
A. do as much damage to all govt institutions and regulartory agencis as possible
B. eliminate anything that helps the common man
C. commit unlimited fraud and corruption so much so that it will be too much to deal with
D. Having Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid in leadership positions makes it easier for those scum to get away with it.
First you will have to remove the Attourney General once again. I thought the third time was the charm.
QUOTE (Deke @ Jul 8 2008, 03:14 PM)
Cheney Aides Altered EPA Testimony, Agency Official Says
Ex-Administrator Says Official From Vice President's Office Edited Out Six Pages
By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, July 8, 2008; 2:45 PM
Members of Vice President Cheney's staff censored congressional testimony by a top federal official on the health threats posed by global warming, a former Environmental Protection Agency official said today.
In a letter to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, former EPA deputy associate administrator Jason K. Burnett said an official from Cheney's office edited out six pages from the testimony of Julie L. Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, last October.
Several media outlets, including The Washington Post, reported at the time that Gerberding had planned to say that "CDC considers climate change a serious public health concern," among other passages.
Boxer said the administration feared that Gerberding's testimony would force it to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels. The White House has opposed mandatory limits and insisted that voluntary measures and increased research are the best way to address the problem.
"The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and the Office of the Vice President (OVP) were seeking deletions to the CDC testimony," Burnett, a 31-year old Stanford-trained economist and a Democrat, wrote in response to an inquiry from Boxer's committee. "CEQ requested that I work with CDC to remove from the testimony any discussion of the human health consequences of climate change."
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Ex-Administrator Says Official From Vice President's Office Edited Out Six Pages
By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, July 8, 2008; 2:45 PM
Members of Vice President Cheney's staff censored congressional testimony by a top federal official on the health threats posed by global warming, a former Environmental Protection Agency official said today.
In a letter to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, former EPA deputy associate administrator Jason K. Burnett said an official from Cheney's office edited out six pages from the testimony of Julie L. Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, last October.
Several media outlets, including The Washington Post, reported at the time that Gerberding had planned to say that "CDC considers climate change a serious public health concern," among other passages.
Boxer said the administration feared that Gerberding's testimony would force it to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels. The White House has opposed mandatory limits and insisted that voluntary measures and increased research are the best way to address the problem.
"The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and the Office of the Vice President (OVP) were seeking deletions to the CDC testimony," Burnett, a 31-year old Stanford-trained economist and a Democrat, wrote in response to an inquiry from Boxer's committee. "CEQ requested that I work with CDC to remove from the testimony any discussion of the human health consequences of climate change."
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What can you do, our backs are against the wall, the people who have gotten us here are still voting the same way the did from birth.
Remember the air force tragedy with the thunder birds. All the planes flew right into the ground with the leader, suicide . Pull up you dam republicans, pull up! Fubar! Bug on a windshield! What can an honest person do except to keep finding and telling the truth. My hero will always be Nick Fury , Nazi Hunter, takes no shit from wimpy republicans and take them to justice just like milosovich! nuff said.
client of mine just came in, it is warm today...
he mockingly said thanks to global warming, his way of saying it is all bullshit
he is in his 60's, may be that we simply have to hope we can wait out these people, hope that our younger generations are mature enough to accept as normal things like global warming, gay marriage, etc..
he mockingly said thanks to global warming, his way of saying it is all bullshit
he is in his 60's, may be that we simply have to hope we can wait out these people, hope that our younger generations are mature enough to accept as normal things like global warming, gay marriage, etc..
It's coming It's coming!!! 
I'm a little behind the times... I watched "The 11th Hour" last night. As usual, when I watch movies like this.... I cried like a baby. It amazes me how people can still want to drag their feet on this all important issue. We can't wait any longer. What do these repigs think??? Do they think that they are going to be able to eat their money???? I just don't understand it.
Hey, I saw the story and the link, but am I going a little batty here? Isn't this story about six months old? It makes the story not an iota less important, but I thought we had previous revelations of this very same report having been edited by the White House by the same number of pages, including public, on-the-record confirmation by someone involved in crafting the report.
QUOTE (bushwa @ Jul 8 2008, 04:09 PM)
Hey, I saw the story and the link, but am I going a little batty here? Isn't this story about six months old? It makes the story not an iota less important, but I thought we had previous revelations of this very same report having been edited by the White House by the same number of pages, including public, on-the-record confirmation by someone involved in crafting the report.
Some clarification. Today I actually went back and looked, and I was recalling revelations subsequent to the CDC's testimony in October, 2007 regarding potential health impacts of Global Warming. This most recent instance involved the EPA's congressional testimony re: Global Warming. In both instances Cheney's staff are alleged to have demanded/requested the deletion of six pages" of expert testimony. According to reports, the CDC complied. The EPA did not.
That Cheney's office interfered, that both instances involved testimony related to Global Warming, and especially the quirky coincidence that in both instances the VP wanted to delete 6 pages of testimony led to my confusion.
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