Some good news re: Pricey Harrison
Submitted by James on Tue, 05/11/2010 - 10:16am
First, she'll be a co-chair on the Environmental Review Commission. ERC is a joint House-Senate committee that works between legislative sessions hearing reports and crafting recommended environmental laws to the General Assembly.
[She'll also co-chair] a standing committee that vets legislation on its way to the House floor. She'll share that post with Reps. Alice Graham Underhill and Cullie Tarleton.
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Given how much emphases [sic] there has been on the short session handling "non-controversial" matters, I don't know that Harrison will have the opportunity to push the environmental agenda one way or the other.
"I'm happy I'll be there because I'll get to influence the agenda," Harrison said. And as important as moving new legislation is, Harrison said her part may be to put the brakes on what the green community sees as counter-productive bills.
"That may be as important as moving anything new," she said.
Given the anti-environment corporate agenda pushed in North Carolina by Republicans and Democrats alike, "putting the brakes" on counterproductive bills matters enormously. We're all lucky that such a capable and progressive legislator has found her way into leadership of these committees.
That is good news
Sometimes all it takes is being in a position to ask the questions that need to be asked, to keep counterproductive bills from gaining steam.
Pricey is a great progressive and a great legistlator
But she's not that great of a fundraiser. Them's the breaks when you don't accept PAC contributions and speak truth about the big business interests that have dominated NC politics for decades with their big checks and powerful lobbyists. So please consider giving Pricey a small contribution if you can afford it.
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