Republicans in Congress again attacking Clean Air Act
source: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-epa-20110205,0,3835636.story
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Republicans once again seek to undo all of the work done regarding the Clean Air Act and to make caring for the future of our health and climate irrelevant. They violate the constitution by denying Americans the right to life by their blatant support of policies that perpetuate disease and death. And yet they cry about other bills being unconstitutional when it is their policies that would have us with even more sick Americans. It is immoral to the core. This act was passed forty one years ago, and because of it we have cleaner air and have saved lives. And it was a bi-partisan effort because once in our Congress caring about sick Americans, our environment and our future was not a partisan issue. The Republicans I see in this Congress are a disgrace to it. All they care about is their own economic loss in donations by not bowing down to those they really work for.Of course, there are those polluter loving Democrats who always chime in with them and they deserve just as much of our outrage. However, there is no denying that on the whole Republicans have done more to block true progress in the areas that will best compliment a comprehensive healthcare and climate change policy. They think they know more about the environment and health than scientists and doctors do. Hopefully, this will not get far, but just to know they would go this far in denying Americans their right to life by continuing to support toxic pollution of our air and increasing GHG emissions to bring us to a tipping point that will cost more than any economic damage they can make up from this shows their true colors. We need to stand up liike others are in this world to preserve what little we have left of our voices. Clean is a RIGHT not a priviledge.
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