[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 25, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H3839]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        TAXES ON AMERICAN-MADE ENERGY ARE TAXES ON ALL AMERICANS

  (Mr. BOUSTANY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. BOUSTANY. Madam Speaker, last night the President tried to make a 
case for his $3.6 trillion budget. He suggested that more than $30 
billion in new taxes on America's energy producers would not cost 
American jobs.
  I represent a number of America's small energy producers and the 
support companies, service workers, and others who responsibly provide 
the energy powering America. The President's budget would force them 
out of business and send their work and their jobs overseas.
  But this is what the President failed to tell those listening last 
night. His new energy taxes would hit every single American. The new 
taxes in his carbon program would increase electricity prices, the 
price at the pump, and home heating oil costs.
  Republicans believe we must be good stewards of the environment, and 
Louisiana workers prove every day that we can produce energy in an 
environmentally responsible way.
  Let's work together to create jobs and keep energy costs down.
  The President's plan to hike taxes on Americans who are already 
struggling with a slow economy is just the wrong way to be going. Let's 
make America competitive again and get Americans working. That's the 
kind of stimulus Americans and our economy really need.

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