Remove the EPA from Presidential Administration

Open e-mail to Rep. Neugebauer:

Randy,

Cheryl Hogue has an article entitled, "Alleged Science Manipulation" in the October 24 issue of Chemical & Engineering News.

At in October 6 hearing of the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Environment & the Economy, GOP lawmakers said they were probing whether EPA's scientific assessments of chemicals hazards are skewed to lead to tighter regulations.

The lengthy article covers various complaints against the EPA. Some say the EPA acts too slowly. Others say it acts to rapidly. Some say the scientific information it collects is skewed toward a preconceived idea. Etc.
This is all based on a general distrust of the EPA, as it has reacted favorably to President Obama's directives over the last several years. As we know, President Obama has a socialistic/communistic agenda with accent to a growth of government, through higher taxes and at the expense of private industry. Many of the EPA decisions in the last three years have shown a strong leaning toward the ideologies of its boss. One outstanding decision was to declare carbon dioxide a poisonous contaminant, with attempts to regulate its emissions from power plants and other sources.

I believe the House is on the right track of pressing the EPA on detail, but I also believe that stronger action must be taken. As Congress originally set up the EPA, it arranged for administration by the President, as was standard for all Congressional formed agencies. The system needs to be changed, because it is now recognized that these agencies have tremendous power through the generous budgets allocated by Congress, and that this power is being used by the President to support his political agenda of reforming the US to a socialistic/communistic model.