Campaign 2010

Oct 28, 2009

Dan Lungren Hypocrisy on Smart Meters is Off The Charts

As Representative Dan Lungren hailed yesterday'sannouncement of $127.5 million in stimulus funding for ‘smart meters' inSacramento and Placer Counties as a solution to "energy, environmental andnational security issues," Lungren's extreme hypocrisy came into clearer focus.

 

"After voting against landmark clean energy legislation andthe economic recovery package, now Congressman Lungren is claiming credit andhailing the results as the solution to ‘energy, environmental and nationalsecurity issues,'" said Andy Stone, Western Regional Press Secretary for theDemocratic Congressional Campaign Committee.  "This latest example ofLungren's hypocrisy, saying one thing in Washingtonand another in California,is off the charts."

 

 

Background

 

  • The Sacramento Municipal Utility District is set to receive a $127.5 million grant to install ‘smart meters' in Sacramento and part of Placer County, one of the largest individual federal grants ever received in the Sacramento region. [Sacramento Bee, 10/28/09]

 

  • Lungren claimed credit for helping secure the SMUD grant and said, "We have arrived at a point where our energy, environmental and national security interests all point to the need for a common solution. This is why I endorse SMUD's effort." [Lungren press release via Sacramento Bee, 10/27/09]

 

  • Representative Dan Lungren voted no on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. [H.R. 1, Vote #46, 1/28/09 and Vote #70, 2/13/09]

 

  • Representative Dan Lungren voted no on the American Clean Energy and Security Act. [H.R. 2454, Vote #477, 6/26/09]

 

 

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