[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 83 (Thursday, June 4, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H6159]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 CAP-AND-TAX, AN OVERDOSE OF NEW TAXES

  (Mr. BROUN of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, all the symptoms are clear. As a 
medical doctor, I rise today to diagnose the Obama administration and 
the majority leadership in this Congress with an addiction to raising 
taxes.
  According to the Wall Street Journal, the Obama budget calls for more 
than $1.1 trillion in new taxes over the course of the next decade, 
including $646 billion in new taxes for their cap-and-tax scheme alone.
  Cap-and-tax will raise the American family's energy costs by more 
than $3,100 each year. That amounts to the largest tax increase in the 
history of our Nation.
  Cap-and-tax is an overdose of new taxes. And mark my words, it will 
lead to catastrophic consequences. Experts almost unanimously agree 
that the cap-and-tax will destroy millions of jobs and devastate our 
economy, all of this while having marginal, if any, impact on global 
emissions.
  I urge my colleagues and the American people to stand up against 
these tax increases and oppose this legislation.

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