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‘Kangaroo-Court’ hearing a one-sided view of California drought; Regulations making water shortage worse

Posted by: Maven on March 31, 2009 at 8:54 am

This just in … from the National Center for Public Policy Research, this rather opinionated press release:

The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources is holding a one-sided hearing this morning on the California drought that is expected to blame climate change for a critical water shortage while glossing over the role of activist-inspired environmental policies in exacerbating the shortage, according to The National Center for Public Policy Research.

The hearing, entitled “The California Drought: Actions by Federal and State Agencies to Address Impacts on Lands, Fisheries, and Water Users,” will be held today, March 31, at 10:30 am in Room 1324, Longworth House Office Building.

Only representatives of government agencies will be permitted to testify at the hearing. Most of the witnesses will be from federal agencies.

To draw attention to the biased nature of the proceedings, The National Center for Public Policy Research will send a representative to the hearing best suited for a kangaroo court – a kangaroo.

“At the height of a California drought and during a serious recession with massive unemployment in California’s Central Valley, one would hope that the committee cared enough about agricultural workers and minorities to invite as witnesses actual unemployed farm workers from the scores of communities closing down,” remarked R.J. Smith, a Senior Fellow at The National Center for Public Policy Research. “Let’s have an open Committee hearing and hear real people discussing the impacts on their lives from government regulations and their massive job losses – instead of more government bureaucrats who are only causing the problem.”

Read more from the National Center for Public Policy Research by clicking here.

March 31, 2009 · Filed Under Drought, Weather & Snowpack

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