Democratic House Leaders Use New Powers to Fight Bush's EPA Research Library Closings
From BuzzFlash:
House Democratic leaders are using their new authority as pending committee chairmen to push the EPA to stop closing its research libraries. . .. . .EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson was given a letter demanding he "maintain the status quo" by Committee Ranking Members Bart Gordon (Science), Henry Waxman (Reform), John Dingell (Energy and Commerce), and James Oberstar (Transportation and Infrastructure). They also requested that the EPA compile records of materials that have already been dispersed to ensure the information can be retrieved and used by Agency personnel and the public.