EPA Spending $1.6 Million on Hotel for ‘Environmental Justice’ Conference

Washington Free Beacon ^ | June 27 2014 | Elizabeth Harrington

[Gene Eric]

>> “Environmental Justice”

What else is there to say?

[Vince Ferrer]

They need to invite Hillary Clinton for a speaking engagement.

[Pontiac]

The NEJAC was established in 1993 to “obtain independent, consensus advice and recommendations from a broad spectrum of stakeholders involved in environmental justice.”

“The purpose of this acquisition is to cover the cost of 195 sleeping room nights from Sept. 9 [to] Oct 2, 2014…Rooms at the Renaissance Arlington run for roughly $349 a night. At 24 nights, the cost of 195 rooms will reach $1,633,320, or $8,376 per room.

The only people involved in Environmental Justice are those interested in making a buck off of legal extortion of business.

As a tax payer I am incensed that the government is paying for socialist activist and people whose only interest in coming to this conference is to make it more difficult for industry to do business.

So not only are my hard earned dollars paying for these saboteurs of capitalism to live for free for nearly a month, I am paying for them to solicit/lobby the EPA to be more invasive and abusive of industry.

If the EPA wants to have a ‘Conference” like this why don’t they have it in Toledo or Cleveland where they can do it a lot cheaper?

[Octar]

All this “justice” crap needs to go away. Social justice, economic justice, etc.

[Norm Lenhart]

The first step to environmental justice is the arrest and prosecution of ‘environmentalists’.

[Libloather]

$1,633,320

Fortunately, it only takes one tree to print all that loot.

[monkeyshine]

Are Altocumulus Castelanus cloud formations going to demand equal time in the skies?

[ImNotLying]

I want some environmental justice too. This country is up to its neck in $hit due to agencies like the EPA, IRS, DHS, HHS, and all the other Obama alphabet gestapo tyrannical government bureaucracies. Time to flush the toilet.

[HiTech RedNeck]

So are they going to get Gaia to sign a complaint?

[Oldeconomybuyer]

...The EPA defines “Environmental Justice” as the “fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income...

So the weather treats people differently based on their skin pigmentation, family tree, and bank account.

[PGalt]

EPA, Environment Justice…$OCIALI$T CON$TUCT$.

BIG GOVERNMENT I$ CRONY $OCIALI$M

Socialism Is Legal Plunder - Bastiat

Socialists spending money faster than a speeding bullet...

http://www.usdebtclock.org

…and harassing and enslaving us, our children, our grandchildren.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.

A-Z multitudes…here…

http://www.usa.gov/directory/federal/

Make that money
Watch it burn...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT_nvWreIhg&feature=kp

…before you ever see your hard-earned dollars.

[sockmonkey]

If the EPA wants to have a ‘Conference” like this why don’t they have it in Toledo or Cleveland where they can do it a lot cheaper?

I vote for they all sign up for a free one month trial of some video conferencing software, as to not tear them away from their home turf, and all those unrepresented peasants who are suffering from Environmental Injustice.

[JT Hatter]

Progressive social activism.

And we pay for it in more ways than one.

I sure would like a crack at the EPA budget.

[bray]

Evironmental Justice = Marxism

[Eric in the Ozarks]

List the names of every EPA bow wow that attends.
Fire them.

[Excellence]

They won’t be happy until we look like N Korea.

[hal ogen]

Just another example of public “servants” or government “workers” living it up on your dime. Everyone attending or organizing this Conference of Fools should be fired.

[Engedi]

And who approved the budget for 24 day conference in the House?

Never ever heard of a 24 day work conference.

Why can’t they do video conferencing?

[onedoug]

Blatant theft of taxpayer funds.

Independence Day, eh?