In what can't possibly be mere coincidence, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn has been named to the Senate agriculture committee.If his name sounds familiar, it may be because I blogged about him this morning. The Texas Republican has taken up Sen. Saxby Chambliss' former position in holding up the confirmation of President Barack Obama's nomination for regulatory czar, Cass Sunstein.
I had heard a rumor over the weekend about Cornyn jumping in after Chambliss, R-Ga., released his hold on Sunstein but didn't want to write anything without confirmation.
I don't believe that Cornyn's appointment to the ag committee is a coincidence. I'm guessing some behind-the-scenes "horse trading" -- to use a term the good ol' boys will be familiar with -- has been going on for the past week. Perhaps Chambliss was getting heat for holding up the nomination and wanted to pass the buck to someone else.
In addition to not being a friend of the animals, Cornyn has already come out with an anti-environmental stance.
"It is clear that cap-and-trade would be devastating to Texas energy producers, and as more details are revealed, our farmers and ranchers are growing concerned that they will be significantly impacted by higher energy and farm input costs," he said in a statement. "I will work to ensure that this dangerous cap-and-trade bill is not passed by the Senate."(Photo of Sen. John Cornyn courtesy of the Associated Press.)
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Tracy, I hope we're not back to "distraction" techniques! They try to distract (Sotomayor etc) us while they concentrate on their big business. Thank you for this. And then the health care reform we need after they poison us will not be there.
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