REMINDER: Al Gore to Testify to Both Houses of Congress Tomorrow

[BigBearJohn]

First, at 9:30am, he'll testify to a joint hearing of the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality of the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment of the Committee on Science and Technology. (A live webcast here.) Also testifying at that hearing will be Bjorn Lomborg. Apparently John Dingell thinks Bjorn Lomborg is of commensurate intellectual and political status

Pelosi has said, "His testimony will help us shape the kind of reforms we need and garner even more attention to this growing crisis."

Next, at 2:30pm, he'll testify to the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee (the web page for Gore's hearing is oddly covered with Inhofe propaganda -- is the majority staff just not paying attention over there?), with no other witnesses. According to Drudge (for what it's worth):

Gore will get a 30 minute opening and then Boxer and her Republican counterpart, Sen. Inhofe, each get 15 minutes each of questioning in addition to their opening statements. Other senators will only get 5 min of Q & A.
Gore is reported to be bringing close to 300,000 post cards with him, sent in by people around the country urging strong action from Congress on climate change.

SOURCE: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-roberts/al-gore-to-testify-to-bot_b_43874.html

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. PREDICTION:

He gets a long and loud ovation from the Dems. A sort of "Welcome home, Mr. President"

[texpatriot2004]

2. Thank you Mr. Gore nm

[LaPera]

3. The republicans will be on the full corporate media attack the minute

Gore is through testifying.

[Contrite]

4. Thank you, PRESIDENT Gore. n/t

[cal04]

5. Star in New Role, Gore Revisits Old Stage

The last time Al Gore appeared publicly inside the United States Capitol, he was certifying the Electoral College victory of George W. Bush. He returns on Wednesday, a heartbreak loser turned Oscar boasting Nobel hopeful globe trotting multimillionaire pop culture eminence.

For Mr. Gore, who calls himself a “recovering politician,” returning to Capitol Hill is akin to a recovering alcoholic returning to a neighborhood bar. He will, in all likelihood, deliver his favorite refrain about how “political will is a renewable resource” and how combating global warming is the “greatest challenge in the history of mankind.” He will confront one of his fervent detractors, Senator James M. Inhofe, Republican of Oklahoma, who derides Mr. Gore as an alarmist.

He will also embrace old friends, pose (or not) for cellphone photos and greet the legion of climate change disciples who swear by the “Goracle” as a contemporary sage.

And, of course, he will be asked whether he plans to run for president in 2008, something he has said no to a million times or so, if never quite definitively. On Tuesday at a Washington hotel, where Mr. Gore addressed a group of institutional investors, he was urged on accordingly.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/21/us/politics/21gore.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

[SeattleGirl]

6. Sometimes I hate living on the West coast.....

Hopefully there will be a rebroadcast so I can watch.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

7. K&R

I can hear it now...

"I have just one question. Are you a Democrat?"

:silly: