EPA Administrator Michael Regan Faces Grilling By House Republicans In House Oversight Committee

EPA Administrator Michael Regan testifies before the House Oversight Committee.
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[@billgrdovic4760]

Raskin, since when do we have weather records going back 100,000 years? How is this guy in charge of anything?

[@guadalupebecerra8782]

❤AMEN!!!! UR SO RIGHT!!

[@ladykemma3]

Antarctica ice cores yield co2 and temp data

[@dianefallon5542]

I'm 72 & the weather was the same years ago

[@pasttense69]

global warming is real. hope this helps ❤

[@rhondamyers4936]

Amen

[@terirea7743]

Well bless your little heart. You do realize that weather is not climate? And climates change over long periods of time? And the climate that you live in is not a harbinger of whether climates in other regions are exhibiting trending change? But you keep living in your little world where it rains and shines for you as much as always and so there can't be climate change and why are people complaining that droughts or floods are becoming more severe and frequent over the decades when your tiny world feels the same? See what you want.

[@whydoeknow3563]

no it wasn't. pants on fire.🔥

[@rosesandthorns47]

I've researched weather and climate patterns throughout history. Climate always changes.

[@jcolt84]

When the guy who thinks that aborting babies is considered healthcare talks about how environmental regulations will improve the health of our environment, you kind of have to be skeptical of him and his true intentions.

[@gailcarmack2954]

???

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

Raskin jumps on Project 2025 that is a think tank proposal. It’s not a law or even acknowledged by Trump.

[@magicpainthorse]

Yes! Agreed.

[@JasonPeters-j8u]

Nobody cares about babies

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

@@JasonPeters-j8u Wrong. We care about the most reviled and unprotected members of society neighbor. Who is the voice of the unborn.

[@justinanderson267]

This year was the hottest year on record for more than 100,000 years. How could you POSSIBLY know that? Your initial statement throws your entire argument into doubt.

[@gailcarmack2954]

The Weather Station has reported. This year to be the hottest on record. But IDT it's 100,000 years.

[@Worklikeyoushouldbe]

Well said! The last 2 years here in LA CA the summer has been mild and the winter cold and wet. 😂

[@whydoeknow3563]

@@andrewhatton1606 take their what?

[@onestopfabshop3224]

They liiiie they speeeew whatever fits their narrative.

[@itzTeTe]

Weather patterns… patterns being the key word here… plus you can tell a lot by studying soil, plants and local wild life… like dude… use some critical thinking skills it’s not that hard… plus google is free.

[@wmt1316]

....... HELLOW .. the Border is Wide Open ........ DUH..!!!..

[@Deborahbrah]

That is untrue.

[@frankboyer7153]

Get rid of ratskin and the epa

[@pasttense69]

I think I lost brain cells listening to everyone here speak

[@dantheanimator5072]

I wouldn’t trust a politician to tell me what time it is let alone about pollution when they are too scared of words like pollution, mother and father

[@user-by2qz9kz6y]

Then it's obvious that you need a better education to understand the things that are over your head.

[@williammikolay4668]

When the EPA made a mud puddle that showed up on a farmers land every 2 or 3 years in the middle of his field a "wet land", its time to abolish the EPA. Giving them power leads to abuse.

[@izefive]

The supreme court July 1st ruling on removing "Chevron law" just did that to all agencies ....there all pissed 😂 and hope no one noticed 😅it removes their law making power and laws they made in last 40 years are now challenged 😮

[@dantheanimator5072]

Absolute power absolutely corrupts

[@briannstone3736]

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely!

[@rhyslucero1400]

We don't need an EPA to hold polluters accountable. It was illegal to dump trash and chemicals before the EPA. We already have a system for civil suits when corporations pollute and cause health issues. We don't need an organization, working from a building built with marble imported from Italy to tell us how to conduct business. The EPA should have its headquarters in Alaska, so they can protect the environment.

[@whydoeknow3563]

you're correct. who needs clean air and clean water? just grab an oxygen mask and drink chemicals. yummy!

[@mrwilson7617]

You be dreamin'

[@bags4930]

@@mrwilson7617 You be lost.

[@Carroll-ss3td]

This is not why they got Hired

[@dantheanimator5072]

Just like companies who chose to pay males more than females…..entire wings of lawyers wait around for that day to (never) come around

[@kevinimerti7522]

Drill baby drill😊😊

[@itic8318]

Where's the EPA for #MauiFire #LahaniaFire?? What about #EastPalestine Ohio??

[@gailcarmack2954]

Two prime examples why we need the EPA. However!! You vote people into office . That want to get rid of regulations.Then the EPAl doesn't have any control over what companies do to save or make money. Those two examples you gave. Show exactly what happens when you have deregulating. You don't value health or safety. Then continue to vote for deregulating. Because Palestine is what you get!! Congress is the one who makes and passes law. Which goes back to your Representatives and Senators. Who either voted for or against deregulation. You can't be mad at the EPA for following the laws Congress has made.

[@sabinereynaudsf]

They were there and did clean up. Without the EPA toxic ashes would have not been removed and would have washed into the ocean and other waterways.

[@Worklikeyoushouldbe]

He'll circle back and would love to have a robust conversation with state legislation... 😂

[@Worklikeyoushouldbe]

​@@sabinereynaudsf is that what CNN told you A YEAR LATER?

[@whydoeknow3563]

@@Worklikeyoushouldbe why you need to know their source?

[@JosephPetrie-ud2wh]

Yes, this DEI clown is responsible for a budget of $10.994 billion and 17,145 employees. What a disaster our Federal Government has become.

[@Worklikeyoushouldbe]

👍🏻He sounds smart though... and that's what Democrats love, a good bullshitter 😂

[@allhopeabandon7831]

@@Worklikeyoushouldbe We must have listened to different audio...

[@Worklikeyoushouldbe]

@@allhopeabandon7831 no you're probably new to politics. Democrats are famous for being professional orators. FDR, JFK, Clinton, Obama, Nuisance i mean Newsome. The problem has ALWAYS been their lack of commitment to the Constitution and the American worker.

[@allhopeabandon7831]

@@Worklikeyoushouldbe He sounds like a liar to me...the adjective 'smart' never popped in my mind while listening to him lie to Congress...

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

Watch Nancy Mace take him down. It’s how it’s done.

[@lindsaykrug1510]

Well stop fuckin w the weather then!

[@malindagroce1424]

Raskins is a drama queen always always hyperbole.....lol

[@rhondamyers4936]

Can’t stand him. Forgive me:

[@cyndilu9]

Raskin is articulate and a Constitutional expert ❤🙏🩵🇺🇸

[@bags4930]

@@cyndilu9 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jamiesuzanne5781]

​@cyndilu9 😂🤣😂🤣😂 I just spit my cereal out! Thats the most ludicrous thing I've ever heard!!😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@cyndilu9]

@@jamiesuzanne5781 Raskin is a Constitutional Scholar- and thank God a US patriot- not a Maga extremist! 🇺🇸❤️🙏🩵💪🗳️

[@keithlembke77]

This priviledged arrogant activists isn’t used to being called out. EPA money going to all these organizations.

[@wkb8326]

EPA employees need jobs too. They will do what they can to protect their taxpayer funded government jobs.

[@jamesanthony5257]

Just like Dumb and Dumber asking the questions.

[@bethc3796]

“I think”… aka I don’t have a freaking clue. EPA hands out $$$ like clowns at parade! I know first hand $$$ was given to the State of RI for a clean up of a dump back in the 80’s and that money never was assigned to cleaning up that dump! It is still 40+ years later not cleaned! Such a waste of billions!

[@gailcarmack2954]

It's also a waste of good votes. Something continued for that long. Is because of the people in office. Who don't want regulations. Pass laws allowing these companies to continue like they do.

[@terirea7743]

So you're basing your knowledge of the efficacy of EPA spending on a single project back in the 80's? Brilliant. If this dump was a superfund site (CERCLA, enacted in 1980) then you might be interested in knowing that Ronald Reagan's EPA administrator, Anne Gorsuch Burford - the dear mother of SCOTUS justice Neil Gorsuch and an avid environmental regulations hater, was astoundingly horrible at her job. Under her regime only 2% of sites got cleaned up. In fact, she was so inept that a congressional investigation was done and the amendments to the act in 1986 added minimum cleanup requirements as well as legislation to shut down the ability to do the sweetheart, corrupt deals that were seen during Reagan admin.

[@whydoeknow3563]

tell your congressional reps! those are your tax dollars. yt comments can't clean that environmental sheet up.

[@jamesgeorge6239]

Bad stewards. Show me the money. This is how they pay for their pensions!

[@elseby]

I'd rather a career federal worker that dedicates their life to public service have their pension than a Congressperson who makes their pension from lobbyists.

[@margiejones870]

Clean up our forests & there wouldn’t be so many fires !

[@chris_opens_stuff1414]

All the prevention of controlled burns over the years has eliminated many access roads and the only way to extinguish fires is from the air

[@rhondamyers4936]

Exactly. They are calling all fires “ wild fires”, even when they are controlled burns. That’s why Trump was upset with California bc they don’t build reservoirs nor do controlled burns to prevent fires. They lose homes and forests . The grass and weeds overtake again and again. They had floods this winter but caught none of the water to use.

[@rhondamyers4936]

@@chris_opens_stuff1414why didn’t the county or state fix the roads?

[@kimconley8291]

‘ALL THE ‘ FIRES 🔥 CAUSED BY “ D.E.W …LIKE ‘HAWAII!……..FJB

[@ericasmithedwards9524]

Litter on the forest floor helps to return nutrient to the soil in the forest. Forest fire are caused by campfires, arson and fireworks.

[@shaneomac823]

Record heat huh?! July 20, 1930 it was 106° in Washington DC. Today it was only 98°. Raskin needs to report facts and not fear monger nonsense

[@Deborahbrah]

Don’t believe he is talking about just 1 day.

[@user-he7vc2bf9h]

This guy has no business being in his position. His firing is in the future.

[@Worklikeyoushouldbe]

Seriously, just a fancy talking brotha who reminds me of Obama 😢

[@mauriceg9929]

What do you know about doing his job that makes you qualified to say he shouldn't have it ?

[@soph8164]

⁠@@mauriceg9929The MONEY!

[@patheticcircus3774]

Amen

[@timdowning9732]

Little Jamie Ratskin just can’t stop lying ! Don’t worry after the tribunals Jamie won’t be saying anything.

[@kenburnmy]

What did he lie about?

[@timdowning9732]

@@kenburnmy Russian collusion, Biden’s mental health, the border was secure , they ( the J 6 committee) created and omitted evidence do you need more fool ? Ha ?

[@daviddorrell5819]

Where da dew rag, Rat Skin?

[@daviddorrell5819]

Ratskin, you forget that EPA has caused some of the most horrific pollution events our rivers have ever seen.

[@mrwilson7617]

You be trippin' boy.

[@cydeanalee9480]

Who was recording the heat index temperatures one thousand years ago?

[@ryanohara7757]

No one has been recording for no more then 300 yrs not very long.

[@grey5751]

The earth itself, if you're interested. This is a great time for you to try out the new AI-assisted Google searches!

[@frankboyer7153]

Lets see biden pelosi waters jackson lee to name a few

[@terirea7743]

Temperatures and climate can be inferred by tree rings, flora and fossils for the era, ice cores, sediment layers, etc. It's natural sciences. Nature recorded the temperatures. Duh.

[@ericasmithedwards9524]

Historic climate changes can be seen in the rock record and fossil record. This information is taught in Science High school classes.

[@kimlee4010]

If the EPA is so concerned about poison in the water supplies etc etc., Why then don’t they stop the spraying of Chemtrails in the skies?

[@mlcook5872]

AMEN TO THAT!!!

[@mlcook5872]

AMEN TO THAT!!!

[@prissray326]

Still can't get a account on where OUR $ is going in Ukraine.

[@whydoeknow3563]

ask ukraine to give you the report. I got mine.

[@81vintage]

well, Zelenkys wife just bought a 4 million dollar car. look it up. i better get a thank you card from her, i can barely live and she buys lavish bullshit with our tax money.

[@terrific804]

The Constitution does not allow the government to make rules only laws which are legislated in Washington and signed by the president not by three letter agencies

[@bartwilliams4478]

The EPA has never given authority to regulate a non toxic gas

[@rhondamyers4936]

One question. Where were you when the train wrecked in OHIO?

[@whydoeknow3563]

where were you???

[@PrggyWade]

Exactly, such an Important question. Yet, unanswered.

[@rik4369]

That was caused by the deregulations of the Railroads by President Trump.

[@dannyzammit7422]

@@rhondamyers4936 same place they were during Hurricane Katrina

[@genebaughbba3479]

Electric cars have serious limitations and dangers. If we don't want to drive one we don't have to. That's the free market system.

[@81vintage]

not to mention the cost of getting parts replaced look up the price on an EV battery..

[@Trick73]

These people should be prosecuted for any false accusations they make in these meetings. I think that would change how politics work

[@cmammen]

BIDEN IS VIGOROUS and totally on the ball! Sharp and focused!

[@Bettylala4321]

Detentions would run out of room lol

[@user-by2qz9kz6y]

Did you watch the entire hearing??

[@DawnClark-wj9ix]

Oh my gosh, what lies the EPA says! Defund and fire the EPA! Yes there are people who want to push little old ladies in wheelchairs off the mountain!🙄

[@mathewm7136]

Well, you can start by eliminating your State EPA first. Good luck with that.

[@catblack184]

Environmental justice is a grift.

[@thomassenbart]

Everyone wants clean air and water but we do not want the EPA creating its own rules and regulations outside of Congressionally passed law. We also don't want AGCC and CO2 being confused with pollution, neither is the case.

[@rnrhodes9256]

Epa, what a joke. They've caused more environmental hazards than they've prevented. 😂😂😂

[@Trick73]

Notice how he showed a photo from 1950 then the after in 2000’s

[@margiejones870]

A lot of People are POOR & have to drive cheap clunkers yo get to work…Is the Government going to give everyone a new EV & pay for the cost to insure & pay the energy cost, I don’t think so ! Just update power grid would be a good start…

[@whydoeknow3563]

yes update the grid so those clunkers can charge up. makes so much sense! "poor" is just a word.

[@rhyslucero1400]

My question to the Secretary: What framework has been created to systematically review every EPA regulation for compliance with the new Supreme Court ruling eliminating the Chevron doctrine?

[@sabinereynaudsf]

Your question doesn't make much sense. The EPA is in compliance with the ruling.

[@whydoeknow3563]

aught-o elroy those systematic reviews will require hiring more EPA employees. watch out now!

[@rhyslucero1400]

@@sabinereynaudsf If they were in compliance, than the director would have said they were in compliance and they would be neutral toward the ruling. But, that's not what Mr. Regan said. He said that they were unhappy with the ruling and they weren't going to evaluate whether they are in compliance or not. They are just going to wait until they are sued and go down swinging on our dime. When Trump gets elected, I hope he takes a more permanent bite out of this rogue organization so we don't have to waste all our money putting the Federal EPA in their place.

[@kathywood8649]

As he should…the EPA has done more damage than good.

[@mariacona2036]

Who cares what he's saying blah blah blah just keep reading.

[@Worklikeyoushouldbe]

He reminds me of Obama. All fancy phrases and talking points but never answers with a real answer.

[@maxxwellbeing9449]

It’s nice that they have these inquiries…but WTF happens to those who fail at their jobs…? Do they get fired? Or… do they just go back to doing the same shit.

[@squiggyloveslemons]

Not sure ask the climate change experts of the 60s and 70s where our climate change ice age due to the same thing that supposedly going to boil the ocean and melt your nipples off. Their science never mentions the past multiple cooling and heating cycles the earth has been through since the beginning of its life (according to this science we need to follow around. This is a natural occurrence besides the river part, don’t dump your used adult diapers in waters anymore and then see how much miss not having to get up to have a dump. We usually get as many records in both summer and winter, but science doesn’t care about winter, science wants to go the South Pole. Ya should be science some of the green energy deals before we run out of land to grow food.you vol

[@GB-us6ow]

Solar panels don't stop bullets yeat....😮 !

[@QueenSorrow5150]

🤔 umm .. why is there so many chemicals in food. Oh.. the government really cares. We they allow it and its banned in other countries. Ok... Ya you care.

[@user-cg7eh7zs1j]

He had to prefix the effect upon citizens because we citizens know regardless of policy, it will never effect politicians, their A/C, medical, income or anything else, regarding themselves!

[@bonsaidouglas9180]

Jamie raskin just declared there were climate records 100,000 years ago in his opening speech

[@terirea7743]

There are. Scientific analyses of fossils, sediments, ice cores, tree rings, flora and fauna of the timeline provide climate records. Tough to absorb for the avg HS grad. Or is it a GED?

[@bonsaidouglas9180]

@@terirea7743 hahahaha

[@cmammen]

@@terirea7743 Or a huge ego like yours? Are you saying politicians don't lie? okay...? Who's naive?

[@Worklikeyoushouldbe]

The hottest summer huh? The last 2 years here in LA have been the coolest in 10 years! Stfu

[@whydoeknow3563]

so you say. did you use your a/c cool Worklikeyoushouldbe?

[@rhyslucero1400]

States have their own EPA. Why does the Federal government think that it has to do everything the States do. There is no reason for the Federal government to second guess States EPA or Education. Abolish the Federal EPA.

[@candycne11]

Im so GLAD THE SENATE HAS MORE CONTROL OVER THESE AGENCIES SPENDING ALL THIS MONEY!! RIDICULOUS!!

[@rhondamyers4936]

The senate are the ones spending it:

[@suethomas8394]

You’re being sarcastic, right?

[@berniepenner6204]

To fight fossil fuel is to defy the SUN. LOL

[@spudbono5747]

This is akin to a household that cannot make ends meet, is in̈ debt up to their ears, but decides to take out a credit card under their kids social security number to take a lavish vacation.

[@catblack184]

Bidenomics = constitutional and financial illiteracy.

[@jayjack2046]

Good analogy

[@RoyBruce007]

Mr. Ratskin I live on a limited budget, making it difficult for me to afford an electric vehicle or travel as I did when President Trump was in office. I understand that my circumstances might be different from yours, but I hope you can consider the challenges faced by individuals in my position.

[@Bettylala4321]

Using his name as a slur probably won’t make your request taken seriously. I also live on limited budget. I see no difference between administrations. All of those mostly successful pilot programs were proven helpful and their ending is why anyone thinks it was better under trump and harder now. Unfortunately, social safety nets are looked down on, even with proof of many being successful and ultimately costing taxpayers less.

[@johnnylafayette]

The logical thing to do for big oil and vehicle manufacturers. Is to keep evolving with the times and technologies available.

[@chriscanterbury8647]

Which is not electric

[@Bettylala4321]

@@chriscanterbury8647it can be anything so stop excluding innovation. Unless you’re fine with your lineage suffering from a toxic planet.

[@yepyep340]

Those 2 are some of the weakest rebels the World has ever seem

[@BLCK.KOVFFE]

"last year was he hottest year on record in more than 100,000 years" (Global temperature records start around 1880 because observations did not sufficiently cover enough of the planet prior to that time) hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm the math aint mathing ........

[@bayoumeme7743]

That’s Ohio who is not policing their own. Every state should be responsible for their own waterways

[@pablodelis9430]

Yeah it’s not like rivers run through multiple states or something

[@Bettylala4321]

@@pablodelis9430 yes and easy to see! We have to work together as a whole planet of beings. But atleast as a whole country not state. It’s very concerning that so many hold the smallest view possible, only to stay in perpetual disagreement due to blind allegiance to one crook who is covering all crooks for a price and immunity ultimately.

[@daisymae3258]

That guy is such a liar🙄. Temperatures have not been tracked for a hundred thousand years

[@MrWaltercronkite]

Americans will literally put up with anything. Incredible, Yanks

[@shelly7391]

Not willingly.... LOL

[@belafonte5519]

Yup

[@Bettylala4321]

Sadly

[@jamesgeorge6239]

Thank God the chevron act was overturned. Welfare to work as the experts is dumber than chickens! The private sector is where the talent is!

[@CB-68-westcreations]

He's showing pictures of a forest fire being put out and then a picture of a river.

[@ginagold6507]

If they think the environment and so called “climate change” is our main issue of concern today, THEY NEED TO REVIEW ALL THE INFO ABOUT IMMIGRATION AND THE ECONOMY

[@Chris-xz8fm]

Trump even mentioned During the debate that he wants to ensure that we have things in place to protect and create more clean water and clean air.

[@Bettylala4321]

Problem is he never says what the plan is. He never will. It’s because he can’t sit through meetings, listen to plans, read long form documents or have civil discussions needed for leadership, decision making, etc… he has no patience or attention span and places completely unqualified loyalists over experienced experts in key positions. That man will never have a plan , only says he does. Can never give one detail.

[@katelawlor9610]

There have not been records for 100,000 years. What an insane claim.

[@bayoumeme7743]

That is a lie. About 1 billion donation. To start its illegal to donate that much.

[@sabinereynaudsf]

You are thinking of limits of donations to political candidates. Donations to institutions are not limited.

[@orijinalgamesta9738]

These hearings are so stupid. Nothing ever gets resolved and nothing ever comes of it. Just a bunch of grandstanding.

[@chrisc5250]

.... the last few years have been historically mild. Wtf is raskin even talking about?

[@rhyslucero1400]

The reason why Mfume doesn't care about profit margins is because he is a Socialist and doesn't understand economics. We can't have a modern way of life without pollution, but eliminating the pollution will cause a decrease in the money required to generate our current health standards. Look at it this way - if you live near a coal mine and you don't have any way to move, then you can either develop the coal which causes pollution or you can live in poverty and die from not being able to go to the doctor. Everything - including regulation, has a cost. Why don't the Democrats ever look at the balance that must be achieved. Maybe the power should reside closest to those most affected rather than with ivory-tower, Washington bureaucrats.

[@audreyweber1336]

Are these guys ok with fish and birds dying because of the windmills too close to the waters?????

[@AntolinaTitus-qv6wd]

Dont increase our slavery.

[@user-km1if3fu4g]

We have to do something about these DEI hires this man is clearly not qualified

[@kharris9359]

Would Nigeria, Russia, Venezuela, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Iran, or Syria be as careful with oil piping as the U.S. & Canada were with the Keystone Pipe? Certainly not.

[@stevewodell6183]

Speaking of cleveland...the hottest summer was in 1988...36 years ago.

[@HollyGouger-zh8nq]

Stained glass company once on the west coast had to move to Mexico to compete with EPA laws in the USA think Mexico has the same laws no so you people aren’t fixing anything. Help Americans companies meet new laws 1 so you don’t push them out 2 so American jobs don’t go out of the country 3 so we make clean products and help our planet. Pushing companies out of business or the country isn’t the answer!!

[@peggywitherspoon1448]

Who can afford EV or charging the batteries? Erraticate EPA.

[@jeffchaffee2964]

I I thought they were going to turn it down rhetoric, but they’re going after the right nonstop. Still doing it now doing it with the EPA.

[@bennieknape4857]

Yes ,bu its not the EPAs job to make the laws that is the job of the congress. The EPA has already lost the trust of the people.

[@darktimesatrockymountainhi4046]

I appreciate Forbes’ videos of congressional hearings, and I’m never surprised at the utterly common, mundane, and insignificant skill & competence of our Congress persons & their witnesses. They truly NEVER give us any reason for us to view them as celebrities or as anyone we should look up to.

[@mikeruelas8001]

He kept saying these groups had not received any monies but refused to say these groups would not receive any monies in the future!

[@chris_opens_stuff1414]

Back in the day EPA regs were voted on . Clean Air Act 1990 for example

[@twatts1523]

Stop Cop City!

[@patmx5]

Gee, Jaimie, I wasn’t aware we’d been recording temperatures for 100,000 years!

[@c.parker8439]

I hope our EPA will never be under attack again by the government.

[@jakoblfuller]

Twilight zone. Youd have to be alive today to believe it.

[@cjgazerro622]

It’s costing $15 million to approve a shipment of chemicals to a company that I’ll probably spending $300,000 maximum on any mass of water and a small ass $10,000 on a small order. It’s costing $15 million the process each application that’s how incompetent they are.

[@Worklikeyoushouldbe]

But we can feel safer about our environment... 😂

[@whydoeknow3563]

submit proposal that your company can do that work for less. taxpayers know "you get what you pay for". get that contract! off you go! ✌

[@renereed3023]

Unelected agencies shouldn't be carrying the weight of your job.perhaps?

[@sargeinamerica]

On record in over 100 thousand years really That seems like bullcrap

[@authentic_existence]

Raskin is Beyond Pathetic

[@ToddWhite-gu5ig]

I think EPA Administrator, Michael Regan seems to be sincere and is being treated respectfully by both parties, well the reps that are there for more than to give a 5 minute slam, bam n run right back out the door. And if you asked AOC (D) or the bald graph guy (R) they probably couldn't answer a quiz on what they just said..... Unfortunately, both parties vote the way their lobbyist's money/funding tell them to. He shut down the old grandma in yellow(R), she didn't know what to say when he gave her a valid answer to her expected "gotcha" question. Then he did it again and offered to meet n discuss... Then the next 5 minute rep, in red cold water creek, Manhattan project (D), she stumbled through the speech she was handed to read. I've seen her before, she is another slated to be a rising star. Who comes in does their 5 minute prepared "speech" and then right back out the door.... Overall, mostly just an endless parade of a Demoncrat then a Republican both just slinging bullsheeet!!! At least about 10 % of the speakers actually had a serious reason, questions, purpose to be there... However like most of these "hearings" reps from both parties, Redumblicans n Dummycrats are 5 minute warriors reading something handed to them just before they walk in to do their puppet show.... I never really can understand why a normal someone, non politician becomes a die hard, lifetime party loyalist??? The type of people that have never met someone from the other party that they didn't hate nor someone from their team/party that they would even criticize! Well if it is between two crookiticians from the same party.

[@Unknown-th8hx]

Raskin doesnt know what he is talking about. 100,000 years?

[@jimgilligan1167]

That was a grilling but that woman will never get an ounce of cooperation from the gent from the EPA. Whilst she may feel warm and fuzzy from treating this guy but she can expect zero cooperation from him in the future!

[@teresaislas5592]

They going to get us from within us everybody knows that

[@Bourbon_Blue_Devil]

Raskin is delusional!!

[@cynthiabarber2815]

Maybe they should stop with weather manipulation. ???

[@EricMHowardII-yh1rn]

Gotta Nonsense is still alive and well by means of yes or no questions from left field.

[@PaulJones-nk7kp]

Decommission the EPA now...

[@bennieknape4857]

The man from La. Is once again making a great point. We must have energy and if we dont have affordable energy we dont have anything.

[@russell-hj6kp]

Absolutely correct, congressman Higgins.

[@JackieCarista]

We all need to come together and take care of mother nature. It's that simple.

[@SteveKnipp84]

Do the people spouting that temperatures have never been higher realize that we have only been tracking/recording our weather and temperatures for less than the last 130-140 years ???

[@renereed3023]

Perhaps you do not comprehend your job?

[@renereed3023]

Elected officials decide, not unelected agencies. Constitutional rights.

[@jorgcostales9757]

This person from D.C.has been in office to long they wont be feeling the impact of all the supposed improvements in a financial way . Put them in our shoes, tax payers with limited annual income . Investments they are not going to feel the impact.