Democrats Form Congressional Task Force to Fight Climate Change
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Representative Henry Waxman of California, the senior Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee, and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse formed a joint task force on climate change after President Barack Obama vowed to address the issue during his inaugural address.
Waxman and Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat and chairman of the oversight subcommittee for the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, will co-chair the task force, according to a statement posted online today.