CA Sen. Boxer’s Classless Questioning during Climate Change Hearing

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Posted by Leslie Eastman Monday, April 18, 2016 at 8:30am

Heart-warming moment: Catholic priest chides Boxer on hypocrisy.

 

The Environment and Public Works Committee has been gathering testimony from a wide range of witnesses (industry experts, military official, and faith leaders) to discuss the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan.

 

Because the Senators obviously wanted listed to many different perspectives, those invited to offer input included Alex Epstein, author of A Moral Case for Fossil Fuels and President of Center for Industrial Progress, as well as Father Robert Sirico (a Catholic priest and President of the free-market supporting Acton Institute).

 

When, during the hearing, Epstein noted that the lack of affordable fuel-based electricity contributes to infant deaths in the third-world country of Gambia, California’s Senator Boxer slammed him for not having the proper scientific credentials:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxGZb2GgdaM