[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 10, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H3113]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         CAP AND TRADE CONCERNS

  (Mr. CHAFFETZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHAFFETZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with deep concerns about the 
so-called ``cap and trade'' proposal. This is a new tax, a carbon tax, 
that would be levied upon every single American.
  We were told that 95 percent of Americans would not see even ``one 
dime'' of increase in their taxes. Despite this rhetoric from the 
administration, 100 percent of Americans will pay this new tax. Every 
person, every business, every family will pay this new tax. Even Warren 
Buffet refers to this as a ``regressive tax.''
  At a time when business is struggling and all Americans across the 
country are worried about the expenses of their daily lives, now, 
especially now, is not the time to raise taxes.
  The President's budget spends too much, it taxes too much, and it 
borrows too much.
  The new carbon tax, disguised in the green robe of ``cap and trade,'' 
is not a tax the American people are willing to pay. I urge the 
American people to rise up against this tax and reject this unwarranted 
tax upon our families.

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