Funny thing. Joe Knollenberg and his Chief Lobbyist, Trent Wisecup, were for increasing CAFE standards before they were against it.
FLIP. FLOP.
What Joe & His Lobbyist Are Saying Today
Trent Wisecup, the Washington DC lobbyist that Knollenberg hired as his Chief of Staff was recently quoted as saying: "The Congressman's position is we need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. But you need to do it by promoting alternative energy."
According to his own website:
Congressman Joe Knollenberg issued the following statement on President Bush’s proposal to significantly increase federal mileage requirements (CAFÉ) over the next 10 years:
“I am disappointed that the president has proposed a CAFÉ increase. If adopted, this proposal would lead to more job cuts and plant closings in Michigan. Raising CAFÉ standards would discriminate against The Big Three and accelerate the push of Toyota and Honda to grab more market share.
What Joe & His Lobbyist Were Saying Just 2 Years Ago
But just a few years ago, Knollenberg and Wisecup were singing the praises of George Bush for his proposal to increase CAFE. Wisecup wrote an article in the National Review where he said:
CAFE reforms based on recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences, which would increase fuel efficiency without a negative impact on the U.S. automobile industry.I don't think there have been any major changes in combustion technology in the last 2 years so it seems to me that if it were true 2 years ago that Congress could "increase fuel efficiency without a negative impact on the U.S. automobile industry", why wouldn't the same be true for today.
FLIP. FLOP. Which way is the wind blowing? What is Joe's position today? Oh, it just changed again?
1 comment:
basically joe knollenberg is riding on the coattails of president bush. this is not a good thing since bush has the lowest approval rating of any president of the united states. just like at the end of president bush's term you will see joe knollenberg dissapear into the sunset. the backwards and conservative way of doing things is obviously not what the majority of the american public had thought they were getting into. the majority of the american public care with issues that democrats push for such as unionization, support for the environment and middle class, reforms that work for social security and healthcare and we have seen many democratic governors make exceptional strides to provide universal healthcare throughout their states. basically joe knollenberg is a political ally of president bush and anything bush says knollenberg agrees with, this is not the type of politics that should be ruling our country. we need free thinking level headed people who will push through legislation that will help make our country safe and prosper and a model for the rest of the world. an iraqi war that costs currently more than a trillion dollars is just taking money away from important social programs and money that could be spent to revitalize cities and towns throughout america. i really hope that we get more democratic perspective and legislation soon because so far congress has been the most productive i have seen in years with lots of important legislation being passed to restore funding to certain programs that republicans let languish while this expensive war and other of president bush's pet projects took a strangle hold on their agenda.
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