Did nancy pelosi really take family members of congressmen & women with her to the copenhagen conference?

Here is a description of the group she led. As leader in Congress, she is the one described as leading the junior Congressmen. "Nancy Pelosi is taking a fairly large contingent to Copenhagen Thursday, flying to the climate conference with 14 Democrats and six Republicans.

The full list for the congressional delegation is not surprising, composed mostly of the key committee chairmen and ranking Republicans from those committees, including Reps. Ed Markey (D-Mass. ) and Joe Barton (R-Texas).

Pelosi will participate in a photo op and a round table on Thursday, and conduct a press conference in Copenhagen at 3:30 local time. €œThe House of Representatives has taken historic action to address the climate crisis and transition our country to a clean energy economy,” Pelosi said. €œWe see Copenhagen as a meeting about job creation – how do we move forward to create millions of clean energy jobs and new technologies to keep America number one.

We are going to send a message of support for the Obama Administration’s efforts and we bring with us the strong commitment of the Congress to take action, as the House of Representatives did in June. € Here is a statement she issued during the trip: "The agreement reached tonight in Copenhagen is a breakthrough in the global effort to combat the climate crisis and could not have been reached without President Obama's active involvement and leadership. The President has secured a critical agreement that includes an achievable mitigation target, transparency measures and a financing mechanism - the three key fundamentals outlined in the President's speech today and embodied in the House-passed Waxman-Markey bill."In our discussions in Copenhagen, we have been gratified by the enthusiasm of American business leaders and our colleagues in the European Parliament for the House passed clean energy bill.

Our legislation will create millions of clean energy jobs for Americans, strengthen our national security and ensure the competitiveness of U.S. Businesses in the emerging marketplace for energy efficiency and renewable fuels. Business leaders from around the world have it clear: addressing the climate crisis is not only sound science and a moral imperative, but good business."Our bipartisan delegation, which includes 21 Members of the House, has held two days of highly productive meetings and discussions during our visit to the Copenhagen climate meeting. This morning, our delegation discussed responses to the climate crisis with representatives of many of the leading American companies including such innovators as Google, Honeywell and Whirlpool.

These business leaders informed us that their businesses are thriving in the fields of energy efficiency and green technologies. They stressed that the funding provided by the Congress through our Recovery Package has been crucial to their making the investments that are producing jobs for Americans and new products that promote energy efficiency, specifically smart grid technology. "On Thursday, Members of the delegation participated in a roundtable with other women leaders by the Global Gender and Climate Alliance; held bilateral talks with Indian Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh; and met with leading Danish government officials, including the President of the Folketinget Thor Pedersen.

"The delegation also met with leading representatives of the European Council of Ministers, who explained that their various countries have not only complied with carbon reduction mandates, but have simultaneously achieved economic growth and job creation through new clean energy technologies."While there were differences between Members of the delegation, as Congressman Joe Barton said, we all believed this was an historic meeting. "" Some of the delegation did indeed bring their spouses. Since they were flying on military jets and shared hotel rooms with their spouses, there was no additional cost to the taxpayer.

This is normal. Also, note that the Republican members of the delegation brought their spouses. "As a perk, some took spouses, since they could snag an open seat on a military jet or share a room at no extra cost to taxpayers.Rep.

Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) was there with her husband.Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) was also there with her husband.Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) took his wife, as did Rep.

Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI). Congressman Barton -- a climate change skeptic -- even brought along his daughter. " Right wing bloggers trying to find something wrong about this should look elsewhere.

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