The Copenhagen Junket on OUR dime – at least 20 Members of Congress Made the Trip to Global Warming Conference in Copenhagen in December – used two 737′s and a Gulfstream Five — up to 64 passengers
Here is another reason to vote ALL OF THEIR ASSES OUT. Even as CBS’s 60 minutes competely ignored the Harry Reid racist ‘Negro Dialect’ last night on 60 minutes, and instead turned the hour into a hatefest against Sarah Palin, and to some extent Hillary Clinton, they FINALLY have done some actual investigative reporting. According to CBS, cameras spotted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the global warming “or climate change” summit last month. Pelosi called the shots on who got to go. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, and embattled Chairman of the Tax Committee Charles Rangel were also there. But this wasn’t purely a Democrat junket:
They were joined by 17 colleagues: Democrats: Waxman, Miller, Markey, Gordon, Levin, Blumenauer, DeGette, Inslee, Ryan, Butterfield, Cleaver, Giffords, and Republicans: Barton, Upton, Moore Capito, Sullivan, Blackburn and Sensenbrenner.
When CBS tried to dig up more info, they were referred to Speaker Pelosi who wouldn’t even agree to an interview. Her office said it “will comply with disclosure requirements” but wouldn’t give us cost estimates or even tell us where they all stayed. Now that’s what I call TRANSPARENCY! More from the CBS article:
Our investigation found that the congressional delegation was so large, it needed three military jets: two 737′s and a Gulfstream Five — up to 64 passengers — traveling in luxurious comfort.
Add senators and staff, most of whom flew commercial, and we counted at least 101 Congress-related attendees. All for a summit that failed to deliver a global climate deal.
As a perk, some took spouses, since they could snag an open seat on a military jet or share a room at no extra cost to taxpayers. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) was there with her husband. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) was also there with her husband. Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) took his wife, as did Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI). Congressman Barton — a climate change skeptic — even brought along his daughter.
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