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Re: “ ” (Page A4, Nov. 15). We as taxpayers fund the Congress and their staff and, unless it’s a matter of national security, we deserve to see their findings.
The House Ethics Commission should release the Matt Gaetz report because we paid for it. Re: “ ” (Page A4, Nov. 18).
President Biden’s trip to the Amazon demonstrates a U.S. commitment to the clean energy revolution, which Biden has fostered during his term.
As we transition to a new administration, Mr. Trump has said he wants to rescind the payouts from past climate legislation. Such actions would truly be a shame.
Funding of clean energy, notably from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), is in all its forms and for the U.S. labor force.
Many of these new jobs are in Republican districts and that is why action on climate change should be sought by both parties. People in red states benefit just as much as those in blue states, and promotion of clean energy technologies increases energy efficiencies and lowers the cost of energy. Write your members of Congress and urge them to keep the IRA and other climate legislation in place.
Re: “ ” (Page A1, Nov. 17). The last thing that I want to read about the new MAGA political order is the opinion of a tattoo parlor owner in Florida who believes that the current cabinet selections are on par with the work of Picasso.
Lost on the tattoo artist is the fact that the Spanish Civil War and WWI had an enormous impact on Picasso. The Mercury News should strive to better inform its readers so that we can improve the political literacy levels of the nation. Re: “ ” (Page A1, Nov.
14). This meeting was not necessary, nor did it serve any national interest or purpose. President Biden and Vice President Harris had already exercised one of the most sacred responsibilities of their office: acknowledging the election results and authorizing the transfer of power.
Donald Trump failed to exercise this same oath after his defeat in 2020. Trump did not earn the courtesy and respect that he failed to extend to President-elect Biden four years ago, even though President Obama extended this courtesy to Trump after his 2016 election victory over Hilary Clinton This is not a political matter; it is a matter of right vs. wrong.
A person who has broken a sacred bipartisan presidential tradition should not benefit from that tradition. Trump was a no-show at Biden’s inauguration even though Biden and the former presidents except Jimmy Carter attended Trump’s in 2017. Biden and the former presidents should return the favor in January.
Re: “ ” (Page A1, Nov. 15). Related Articles The Senate should not confirm Donald Trump’s absurd nomination of Robert F.
Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services, given his vaccines and fluoridation of water, and his false claims about autism, treating COVID with , the benefits of , etc. I was a Peace Corps volunteer in India on Nov.
22, 1963, teaching math and science. I’m sure that both John F. Kennedy and Robert F.
Kennedy are rolling over in their graves at having a namesake who’s a kook. Trump praised RFK Jr., saying, “More than anybody that I know of, he’s had an open mind.
” If Trump were wiser he would know Groucho Marx’s : “Be open-minded, but not so open-minded that your brains fall out.” So far every one of Trump’s nominations has been poor, but that of RFK Jr. is ridiculous.
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