CEI Weekly: Senate Committee Holds Hearing on Green Jobs

Feature: Senior Fellow Chris Horner submitted testimony this week to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

FEATURED STORY: Senate Committee Holds Hearing on Green Jobs On February 15th, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing on the value of government subsidies and mandates for fostering "green" industries. CEI Senior Fellow Chris Horner submitted written testimony for the record. Horner argued that Congress should be wary of bankrolling green jobs, since politically-attractive industries today may soon be rendered obsolete by the inventions of tomorrow. Read Horner's full testimony here. SHAPING THE DEBATE TSA Union Power Grab Iain Murray and Dennis Grabowski's op-ed in The Washington Times Memo to Col. West: Beware of Glass-Steagall John Berlau's post in The National Review Online Deceptive Obama Budget Still Bloated Iain Murray's citation in The Orange County Register Gingrich's Energy Polices Rile Conservative Critics Myron Ebell's citation in The New York Times Blogs Alcohol Industry Balks at Counting Calories Michelle Minton's citation in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Obama, Climate Crank Chris Horner's op-ed in The Daily Caller S&M Brands v. Caldwell CEI's citation in Point of Law

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