Posted on 08/05/2011 3:36:59 PM PDT by Hunton Peck
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi's four-year effort to "Green the Capitol" is officially no-more, having been dumped into an existing energy-savings program on the Hill in a move that Republicans say will save more money, eliminate redundancy and promote collaboration.
In response, some Democrats are crying foul, saying the move reflects the low priority that energy savings is for Republicans.
The House Chief Administrative Office announced Thursday that the Architect of the Capitol's Office will take over the functions of the program that expanded House recycling and led to thousands of energy-efficient light bulbs being installed on the Hill.
"Saving energy saves money and consolidating our sustainability programs helps save taxpayer dollars by improving efficiencies and allows us to make smart and sound investments throughout the Capitol complex," Architect of the Capitol Stephen Ayers said in a statement.
"This greatly improves our return on investment in congressional facilities by continuing to include sustainability in our long-range project planning," he said.
But Kyle Anderson, a spokesman for the Democrats on the House Administration Committee, expressed little confidence in the architect's sustainability efforts and said the move sends a "clear message" about the GOP-led House's "lack of commitment to environmentally responsible policies."
"This move should not be a surprise to any of us," he said. "Rather than focusing on creating jobs and helping to stimulate the economy, one of the first decisions made by this majority was to reintroduce polystyrene -- a known environmental pollutant -- to House food service facilities."
Salley Wood, a spokeswoman for Republicans on the House Administration Committee, told FoxNews.com that the AOC "has demonstrated beyond a doubt that they're entirely best suited to handle this."
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the reason is simple.
there’s no ‘there’ there.
Pelosi, like all leftists believe in image, not substance.
It not only should be a low priority it should be eliminated. Do these people ever get rid of any program?
I have an energy savings plan for the Congress. Turn off all the lights at 5:00 and make them go home. And take away the air conditioning permanently; make them leave town from May until September. Do the same thing for the agencies, and we’ve made a good start ....
They did manage to save alot of fuel by not having her fly that jumbo back and forth to SF.
Pray for America
“They did manage to save alot of fuel by not having her fly that jumbo back and forth to SF.”
Good point. If she really wanted to save energy, she’d share Hillary!’s broomstick....
I wish she would evaporate right along with it.
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