The House Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs Committee is considering a bill supported by Rep. Andrew Manuse and others directing New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney to join a federal lawsuit opposing Obamacare’s individual mandate requiring Americans to buy health insurance, which exceeds Congress’s constitutional authority. The suit is backed by 20 states.
State lawmakers are looking at whether to repeal New Hampshire’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI. Environmentalists say the 10-state carbon cap and trade program is a success. But some businesses say the program is flawed.
And some Republican lawmakers say the program never should have started in the first place.
Republican Representative Andrew Manuse of Derry is one of the sponsors of a bill to have the state withdraw from RGGI.
“Even if carbon dioxide emissions are a problem for the environment, and I’m not saying whether [they are] or [aren't], the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative has not substantially impacted the reduction of emissions yet it has had a significant negative impact on economic growth.”
Without the support of my volunteers, my supporters and my voters, there is absolutely no way I could tell you now that I will be one of Derry’s 11 state representatives! I look forward to joining my liberty-minded friends in Concord so we can restore the New Hampshire principles that make this state the nation’s [...]