Pelosi’s ‘Green the Capitol’ Program Tossed Into Trash
January 25, 2011
Nancy Pelosi promised to “drain the swamp” when she took the gavel as speaker. Now Republicans want to clean up the compost heap.
Rep. Dan Lungren, R-Calif., announced this week that he’s ordered an end to the Pelosi-championed composting program in the House of Representatives. The chairman of the House Administration Committee said an internal review of the program showed it wasn’t living up to expectations.
“After a thorough review of the House’s composting operations, I have concluded that it is neither cost-effective nor energy-efficient to continue the program,” Lungren said in a written statement, claiming the composting was costing taxpayers $475,000 a year.
The decision is a symbolic but disappointing one for Democrats who pushed the composting as a pillar of Pelosi’s “Green the Capitol” initiative.