[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 17, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H3451]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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             CAP-AND-TAX PROVISION HURTS AN AILING ECONOMY

  (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHIMKUS. The President today said that he was frustrated at the 
Republicans' ``just say no'' attitude. Well, this is what I am going to 
say ``no'' to. I am saying ``no'' to a 686 billion carbon tax increase. 
What does that mean?
  This is Peabody Mine No. 10 in 1990. After the last Clean Air 
amendments, this mine was shut down. We lost over 1,200 mineworkers' 
jobs because of that.
  The carbon tax, the cap-and-tax provision in the budget bill, will 
raise costs to every energy user in this country, hurting 
manufacturing, hurting retail industries. It's egregious, it's not 
necessary, and it only hurts an ailing economy.

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