Steve Stockman Introduces Bill To Name Climate Change Denial After Himself


We LOVE us some Steve Stockman. The republican congressman from Texas never fails to give us good content and this is the latest episode?in the Republican “proud to be stupid” show.

In his last days in office, Stockman (R-TX) ?appears to be trying to cement his legacy by naming a scientific theory charging climate change is natural after himself,? the National Journal is reporting.

This isn’t hyperbole and it’s not click-bait. Stockman introduced a bill, the Stockman Effect Act.

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From the?National Journal:

?Stockman, who did not seek re-election this year, introduced a bill last week to ?study the effect of the Earth’s magnetic field on the weather.? The bill doesn’t explicitly mention global warming, but would put Congress on record as saying that a ?decrease in magnetic fields could impact global temperatures? and instructs the director of the National Science Foundation to commission a study on the impact a shift in the Earth’s magnetic field could have on the weather. That bill’s name? The ?Stockman Effect Act.’?

?Here’s the thing: the ?Stockman Effect? isn’t the name of the theory the Congressman is proposing to study. Scientists contacted by National Journal said they weren’t aware of a ?Stockman Effect? related to geophysics or climate change.?

 

Johan Spanner for The New York Times Steve Stockman said believing in global warming was like wearing a blindfold and called the scientific consensus a money matter.
Johan Spanner for The New York Times
Steve Stockman said believing in global warming was like wearing a blindfold and called the scientific consensus a money matter.


As put by Jason Plautz from the National Journal:

“Sam Rayburn and Philip Hart got office buildings. John McCain and Russ Feingold had the campaign finance reform law. Kennedy and Reagan have airports.”

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