Congresswoman Candy Miller has been pretty prolific in her issuance of press releases lately. She has sent the media releases stating her views on all manner of things: Libya, Guantanamo, oil supplies, the budget process and even something about EPA regulations on milk (which I didn’t quite understand).
But, as a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, she has been noticeably absent in commenting on the most controversial issue the committee has ever faced. Chairman Peter King’s decision to hold a hearing on the terrorist threat posed by some American Muslims drew a strong response, pro and con, all across the nation.
By the time the highly charged hearing was held on Thursday, some were comparing King to Joe McCarthy.
But Miller never said a word. Hmmm.
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A footnote:
Miller sent out a fairly bizarre press release this afternoon, apparently an attempt at being snarky, that criticized Harry Reid for lamenting the proposed elimination of funding for an annual Cowboy Poetry Festival in Nevada.
“Mr. Speaker, I can assure the Senate Majority Leader that the rugged individualism of the American cowboy will not be snuffed out due to the lack of a federal subsidy,” the release said, quoting Miller’s remarks on the House floor.
“In fact, I believe that the American cowboy supports our efforts to get the out-of-control spending under control. Let me quote, Mr. Speaker, from a poem written by Yvonne Hollenbeck, who has been featured at the national poetry gatherings in Elko, Nevada. The title of her poem is, ‘How to Cut Taxes.’
“And I quote: ‘So, I think if I was the President of this ‘home of the free and the brave;’ I close up all those departments and think of the money I’d save.’
“Mr. Speaker, this is a poet that I would give a personal subsidy to. And I would hope that our colleagues in the other body take that good old American cowboy common sense and start saving the American people’s money.”
