Replace everyone in Congress for their bad decisions

Gene Grabau, Las Vegas

Monday, June 14, 2010 | 2:02 a.m.

What are our senators in Washington doing? Why would our elected officials let control of greenhouse gases go to the Environmental Protection Agency? The EPA doesn’t have to answer to the voting public and it will do as it pleases. It will cost everyone more.

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill had something to do with their thinking when they said it made no sense to undermine efforts to curtail greenhouse gas emissions and reduce dependence on oil and other fossil fuels. But this country needs oil and you just wait and see, the EPA is going to do everything in its power to stop all oil drilling.

This cap and trade bill is a disaster. Before long the government will be telling everyone what they can and can’t do. Before you sell your house, you will have to meet EPA standards, and they will cost more and get worse every year. Fuel will be sky high until this country can convert from oil.

In the meantime, drilling rigs will be shut down — they are shut down in the Gulf now — putting thousands of people out of work. Look at all the families who will be affected. We will be buying more oil from other countries and the cost will go up.

Our government is out of control. We need to replace everyone in the Senate and House. They do what they want to and are not looking out for the best interests of the United States.