[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 82 (Wednesday, June 3, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H6126]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           ENERGY SHELL GAME

  (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHIMKUS. The national energy tax has moved its way out of the 
Energy and Commerce Committee. It's called the cap-and-trade, and what 
it means is everyone pays more for the use of fossil fuels.
  This is what happened in Illinois when we passed the last Clean Air 
Act amendments; 14,000 miners lost their jobs. In the State of Ohio, 
35,000 miners lost their jobs.
  What is the solution? An all-of-the-above energy policy that talks 
about the Outer Continental Shelf, brings on energy from coal, does 
renewable coal, does renewable wind and solar and renewable fuels like 
ethanol and biodiesel. We can produce the energy needs for this country 
right here in this country.
  The national energy tax, this cap-and-trade shell game, will not do 
it. It will only destroy this country.

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