The Woolsey Agenda

[bolverk]

Lynn does not care one iota about our needs for energy. She spouts the same old garbage that brought us down this road.

A Press Release from her congressional website:

Woolsey Backs Legislation to Help Lower Gas Prices
June 26, 2008
Washington, D.C. – With gas prices nearing $4.50 a gallon in the Bay Area, Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey today voted for legislation designed to help lower gas prices and promote energy independence. The pair of bills would increase funding for mass transit, and crack down on excessive speculation in the oil market. Woolsey has been a consistent advocate of developing alternative energy throughout her time in Congress, and her legislation to prevent drilling off the Sonoma Coast has passed the House and is now before the Senate.

“It’s going to take a big change in how we do business if our country is going to meet the demands we have for energy,” Woolsey told her colleagues on the House floor. “And while the Republicans in Congress and President Bush chant, ‘Drill, Drill, Drill…’ to appease their big oil buddies, the truth is we can’t drill our way out of this problem.

“What we need is common sense solutions like the bill before us today which start the process of getting people to change their habits and get out of their cars.”

Woolsey was speaking in support of the Saving Energy Through Public Transportation Act of 2008, which passed overwhelmingly. The legislation would invest $1.7 billion in mass transit infrastructure projects, allowing more Americans to leave their cars at home when they commute to work. In addition the House passed the Energy Markets Emergency Act, which directs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to crack down on excessive speculation in the energy market. Rampant speculation has been cited as one cause of the spike in gas prices. The bill was approved by a vote of 402 to 19.

The House also debated the Responsible Federal Oil and Gas Lease Act, but the legislation was blocked by House Republicans. The so called ‘Use it or Lose it’ legislation would force oil companies to produce oil and gas on the 68 million acres of public land, which they have already leased, but are not using.

[bolverk]

Lynn is also a supporter of illegal immigrants and a non-supporter of ICE. We hear all the good Democrats blaming Bush for not building a fence, but where would he get support for that? Especially when our local congresswoman, Lynn C. Woolsey wants to hamstring the very agency by requiring them to report when they will so they can not perform their job adequately.

The Press Release from her congressional website:

WOOLSEY REACTS TO ICE RAIDS IN SAN RAFAEL
May 22, 2008
Washington, DC – Today, following U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in the Canal District of San Rafael, Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) spoke with senior ICE officials to express her concerns about the raids. Two days ago, Woolsey chaired a hearing in the House Workforce Protections Subcommittee on how the March 2007 ICE raids in San Rafael and subsequent workplace raids have impacted children and local communities. Witnesses, including a principal from an elementary school in San Rafael, testified at the hearing about previous ICE raids’ effects on the schools, students, and their parents. Sadly, this same San Rafael school was impacted in today’s raid.

“Today’s ICE raids conducted in the Canal District sent shock waves throughout our streets, schools, and neighborhoods, both because of how the raids were conducted and the chilling effect they had on our community,” said Woolsey. “These raids have resulted in widespread anxiety and fear, particularly among children.”

“Some children reportedly witnessed parents being taken away, and local schools reported extraordinarily high rates of absenteeism. Three of the Canal District schools canceled their Open Houses planned for tonight out of fear for the safety of parents and students in the community.

“Members of our community have a right to know what has happened in their homes and neighborhoods. On the federal level, I continue to be in close contact with senior ICE officials to find out how members of our community can get more information; how the agency worked with the school, child service agencies, and other members of the community before and during the raids; and whether detainees have received the medical care they need.

“It’s clear that ICE humanitarian voluntary guidelines for conducting workplace raids must apply to all ICE raids, because, without them, the raids will continue to have a devastating and traumatic impact on our communities and our children. Perhaps these guidelines need to be mandatory”

“People looking for more information can contact my San Rafael District office at [phone].

[bolverk]

Did you know that Congresswoman Lynn C. Woolsey supports giving $14 million in federal funds to restore wetlands at Hamilton Field but only $10,000 to stop gang violence in the Santa Rosa Mayor’s Gang Prevention Task Force?

Seems a little bass ackwards to me.

[The Big Dog]

Aug 15, 2008 12:34:55 GMT -5 @bolverk said:

Did you know that Congresswoman Lynn C. Woolsey supports giving $14 million in federal funds to restore wetlands at Hamilton Field but only $10,000 to stop gang violence in the Santa Rosa Mayor’s Gang Prevention Task Force?

Seems a little bass ackwards to me.

Not really, when you think about it. Any good liberal will tell you it's far more important to reestablish "land" where no one is going to go than it is to try and keep a few gangbangers from capering.

It's all about appearrances and not at all about substance. It has always been this way with Lynn, empty headed idealist that she is, and it always will be.

[bolverk]

Good point.

[harpman1]

Having heard Ms. Woolsey speak on-air several times, I am hesitant to label her an airhead, as my mother always told me it was rude to point out the shortcomings of others; particularly my elders.

That said, it is embarrassing having her speak for N. Cal. in the hallowed halls.

Sack of hammers.

[The Big Dog]

I've heard her speak plenty of times, going back to her days on the Petaluma City Council. While she seems to have little trouble forming complete sentences, there is nothing of value (generally speaking) in her words.

She is a vacuous, leftist fop with no imagination past her ground in liberal dogma, with no ideas of substance.

[subdjoe]

Come on Big Dog, stop beating around the bush and sugar coating things. We all know you can do better. Tell us what you REALLY think

[ferrous]

Rep Woolsey's agenda is rooted in the Congressional Progressive Caucus which she co-chairs with Rep. Barbara Lee.

Here is just some of her agenda as it applies to immigration:

Labor

Include strong labor protections for all workers in the United States, regardless of immigration status.

Earned Citizenship

• Enable the millions of hard-working, responsible undocumented workers already in the U.S., and their immediate families, to follow a well-defined, time-bound path to lawful permanent residence and citizenship.

• Ensure that any proposal to legalization be workable, consistent with economic needs and family unification and attainable fines.

• Support the DREAM Act or legislation that would restores states’ rights to offer in-state tuition to non-citizen students residing in their state and that would provide a path to citizenship for hardworking non-citizen youth who want to contribute fully to our society.

Due process

• Provide due process protections to non-citizens.

• Eliminate retroactivity of deportation laws.

• Restore prosecutorial discretion, proportionality, and judicial review to our immigration system.

• Eliminate mandatory and indefinite detention of non-citizens.

• Provide standards for humane treatment of detainees and the conditions of detention, including a mechanism for an independent oversight of detention facilities.

• Eliminate the harsh bars to admission, particularly the 3 and 10-year bars for those who have been in the U.S. unlawfully.

• Modify the definition of “aggravated felonies” to include only felonies and violent or particularly serious crimes and be an equitable application and consistent with federal felony laws.

• Provide discretion to the immigration

Border Security and Law Enforcement

• Uphold the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in immigration laws.

• Minimize the militarization of our border communities and respects local residents that live along the border.

• Oppose the use of state and local police for immigration law enforcement.

• Ensure immigration enforcement is humane and does not violate the human rights of our communities or tear families apart.

• Oppose ICE raids that unfairly target particular ethnic groups, violate basic due process principles, and negatively impact U.S. citizen children.

Employers

• Employers should not become immigration officers.

• Employers should be held responsible for hiring undocumented workers.

• Employers should show a good-faith effort to first hire citizens before hiring new or foreign workers.

• Employers will follow labors laws for all employees they have, including the National Labor Relations Act, ensuring both non-citizens and citizens alike have full ability to organize.

cpc.lee.house.gov/index.cfm?ContentID=205&ParentID=0&SectionID=93&SectionTree=93&lnk=b&ItemID=203
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Anyone interested in further reading of Rep. Woolsey's agenda can find most of it by following the link:

cpc.lee.house.gov/index.cfm?SectionID=93&ParentID=0&SectionTypeID=4&SectionTree=93