[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 89 (Monday, June 15, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H6782]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           NETWORKS IGNORE CAP-AND-TRADE'S COST TO AMERICANS

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Madam Speaker, the nonpartisan Congressional 
Budget Office has determined that cap-and-trade legislation will cost 
American families at least $1,600 a year. Other studies have found that 
the cost of energy could be up to $3,600 per family. It would be more 
accurate to call cap-and-trade ``cap-and-tax,'' but you are unlikely to 
hear about cap-and-tax and its cost by watching the news.
  According to the Media Research Center, the three network evening 
news programs mentioned ``cap-and-tax'' in only four stories from 
January to May. None of the four stories explained cap-and-tax and its 
high cost to consumers. The price of gas and electricity will go up, as 
will the price of food. The media need to report the facts about cap-
and-tax and need to tell the American people what it will cost them.

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