[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 74 (Thursday, May 14, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H5588]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 ENERGY

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, during the campaign, President Obama pledged 
95 percent of taxpayers would not see their taxes increased one single 
dime. Unfortunately, the President has broken this promise.
  The President's budget included a cap-and-trade policy, otherwise 
known as cap-and-tax, that will hit every home utility bill and inflict 
more pain at the pump. Every American will be impacted by this 
dangerous policy. American households, on average, can expect to pay an 
additional $3,100 a year in energy costs.
  The American people still live with the memory of $4 a gallon for gas 
and the hardship it inflicted on their family budgets. Even our 
Democrat colleagues say this.
  Mr. Butterfield from North Carolina is quoted today in Roll Call as 
saying, ``The cost of everything is going to go up.''
  The cost of everything is going to go up. This is the wrong direction 
for this country.

                          ____________________