[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 83 (Thursday, June 4, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H6160]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      THE NATIONAL ENERGY TAX PLAN

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, despite rising gas prices across the country, 
Democrats in Washington continue to push for a national energy tax that 
will make the pain at the pump even worse. Just 1 year ago, gas prices 
made their steady rise to over $4 a gallon. A return to record gas 
prices would be especially harmful during the current economic 
recession. But that is not deterring Democrats from moving forward with 
their national energy tax plan.
  Representative John Dingell, a Democrat from Michigan, said it best 
when he said, ``nobody in this country realizes that cap-and-trade is a 
tax, and a great big one.'' Republicans in Congress realized this 
startling reality, and the American people are beginning to as well.
  Over the past week, Republicans held energy summits in Pittsburgh, 
Indianapolis, and San Luis Obispo in California. These summits provide 
an important opportunity to explain to the American people the 
devastating consequences of the Democrats' national energy tax plan and 
to craft better energy solutions. The American people don't want the 
Democrats' national energy tax. They want and deserve energy 
independence.

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