(Video) Waxman slams Administration for editing global warming reports

This morning, the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee heard testimony from the top scientists on the issue of global warming.  Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) slammed the Administration for editing key phrases in government reports that outlined the impact that CO2 emissions have had on our climate.  As the LA Times notes, some of these reports were edited by former oil men:

The congressmen were trying to investigate an allegation that PhilCooney, chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality and a formerlobbyist for the American petroleum industry, was quashing scientificreports that offered views on global warming that differed from thoseof the White House.

"The committee isn't trying to obtain state secrets or documentsthat could affect our immediate national security," Waxman said today."We are simply seeking answers to whether the White House's politicalstaff is inappropriately censoring impartial government scientists."

Below is a short clip of Henry Waxman noting the changes that some Administration officials made in these climate reports:

At the end of the week, the UN will release the most thorough and extensive report on global warming.   The report took six years to complete, and consulted more than 2,500 scientists from 130 countries.