Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. Proudly Serving the 6th District of Minnesota

Michele's Corner

EPA Substitutes Ideology In Place of Scientific Integrity Last week, the House of Representatives passed the Waxman-Markey climate change bill, also referred to as cap-and-trade, or cap-and-tax, or the national energy tax, on the premise that if we don't act now to cut carbon emissions, our planet's environment will incur irreversible damage. That same day, CBS News reported that "the EPA may have suppressed an internal report that was skeptical of claims about global warming, including whether carbon dioxide must be strictly regulated by the federal government."

A Responsible Regulatory Framework Needed Moving forward, it's vital that we make the necessary reforms to our financial regulatory framework, but the President's proposals miss the mark. First of all, he proposes expanding the role of the Federal Reserve – the big spender that has pumped about $8 trillion of your money into Wall Street’s bailout with just about no accountability, oversight, or transparency. Turning the Fed into a super-regulator is not the answer. But, he also proposes a new agency that will give government bureaucrats the task of deciding which financial products are suitable for consumers. This proposal raises more questions than it answers.