Six Republican Senators Urge Commerce Chairman Rockfeller to Investigate Climate Scientists
Green Inc:
Six Republicans who sit on the Senate Commerce Committee are calling on its chairman, John D. Rockefeller IV, Democrat of West Virginia, to investigate the trove of recently leaked e-mail messages from climate scientists for evidence of data manipulation.
In a letter dated Tuesday, the Republicans assert that the committee “needs to provide confirmation that American taxpayer dollars are not being misused,” and open a bipartisan investigation into an episode that some are calling Climategate.
The senators signing the letter are Sam Brownback of Kansas, John Ensign of Nevada, Johnny Isakson of Georgia, Jim DeMint of South Carolina, David Vitter of Louisiana, and Roger Wicker of Mississippi.
Here is the letter:
