What to Expect from Republicans in the New Congress

The Republicans' aims for the new Congress include convening many hearings in which government department heads will be asked to justify their regulations and their spending.

Well, the spending part certainly is going to sound okay to most Americans and be hard to object to.

But, according to an article entitled "GOP Agenda May Have Bigger Impact on 2012 Than on Daily Life" in AOL News: Politics,

The next chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Republican Fred Upton of Michigan, says he'll work to stop over-zealous government regulators. A big target for him is the Environmental Protection Agency.

So here we have the Republicans again showing that they favor business (industry), which wants to go on polluting with no regulation, over the environment and over the health of the American public. Do they need any more proof than what has come to light over five or six decades, that air and water pollution is not good for people or for any living things?

Copyright © 2011 by Richard Stein