Detroit’s protector, Rep. Dingell, being challenged for his chairmanship
Articles — By forcechange on November 12, 2008 11:42 am
Unsurprisingly, the Detroit Free Press endorsed current House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman, Rep. John Dingell, over Rep. Henry Waxman, who is challenging Dingell for this powerful committee position. Citing Waxman’s support of stricter CAFE standards as a negative, the Free Press joins the likes of Michigan’s congressional delegation, automaker lobbyists, and even Sean Hannity in blaming allegedly too stringent efficiency laws for Detroit’s problems. (As if these laws prevented them from betting their companies on gas guzzlers regardless?)
As we noted earlier today, Tom Friedman insightfully notes in the NYTimes, it was Congress’s failure to impose efficiency standards that allowed Detroit to get itself into the mess it is in today. Friedman singles Dingell out, noting that no one has done more to help the automakers get themselves into this bind than John Dingell, “who is more responsible for protecting Detroit to death than any single legislator.”
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