NY attorney general rejects GOP lawmaker's request on Exxon

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

NY attorney general rejects GOP lawmaker's request on Exxon

Updated 1:03 pm, Wednesday, July 13, 2016

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's attorney general is rejecting a congressional committee chairman's demand for records about his investigation into whether Exxon Mobil misled investors about global warming.

Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican and chairman of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology, told Attorney General Eric Schneiderman he has until midnight Wednesday to provide documents the committee requested two months ago.

Smith wrote in a letter Monday that the committee "will consider the use of compulsory process to obtain responsive documents" if Schneiderman didn't comply.

He wants all communications between Schneiderman, a Democrat, and the other so-called "Green 20" attorneys general, as well as groups blaming fuel burning for global warming.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/NY-attorney-general-rejects-GOP-lawmaker-s-request-8365641.php

[yellowcanine]

1. Since when does Congress have authority over state AGs enforcing state laws?

[COLGATE4]

2. I think Schneiderman should give him an evasive answer:

Tell him to go fuck himself.