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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 946525" data-attributes="member: 1246">Re: ObamanomicsQuit wasting taxpayer&#039;s money!!!!!Thursday, March 1, 2012 @ 5:45 pm | EPA Chief Lisa Jackson Defends $25K Interpretive Dance Grant, “They’re Very Well Respected”…Really? – You’re going to try and justify this?(PJM) — EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said at a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing this week that she isn’t familiar with the “kinesthetic learning” for which a dance company got a $25,000 grant, but understands that they’re “quite well-respected.”

Rep. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) questioned Jackson about the 2011 allotment made through the Environmental Justice Small Grants Program, particularly in light of EPA complaints about funding shortages. [...]

“The project intends to produce innovative lectures, demonstrations and movement classes in 10 elementary schools,” the document describes. “Kinesthetic learning will be used to examine air quality issues and encourage youth and their families to adopt healthy living practices.”

“I’ve read about it and we are reviewing,” Jackson said. “It’s with a very well-respected group. . . that uses dance to educate. . . . Apparently they have a long history of doing this and are quite well-respected.”
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[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 946525, member: 1246"] [B]Re: Obamanomics[/B] Quit wasting taxpayer's money!!!!! Thursday, March 1, 2012 @ 5:45 pm [B]|[/B] EPA Chief Lisa Jackson Defends $25K Interpretive Dance Grant, “They’re Very Well Respected”… Really? – You’re going to try and justify this? [INDENT](PJM) — EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said at a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing this week that she isn’t familiar with the “kinesthetic learning” for which a dance company got a $25,000 grant, but understands that they’re “quite well-respected.” Rep. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) questioned Jackson about the 2011 allotment made through the Environmental Justice Small Grants Program, particularly in light of EPA complaints about funding shortages. [...] “The project intends to produce innovative lectures, demonstrations and movement classes in 10 elementary schools,” the document describes. “Kinesthetic learning will be used to examine air quality issues and encourage youth and their families to adopt healthy living practices.” “I’ve read about it and we are reviewing,” Jackson said. “It’s with a very well-respected group. . . that uses dance to educate. . . . Apparently they have a long history of doing this and are quite well-respected.” [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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