[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 104 (Monday, July 13, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H8013]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   DAMAGING EFFECTS OF CAP-AND-TRADE

  (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHIMKUS. I know there was a pause in the cap-and-tax debate last 
week, but don't worry, for my colleagues on the other side, we're going 
to continue to talk about the damaging effects of cap-and-tax. Why? 
Because jobs will be lost.
  The 212-219 vote was a victory for us who were opposing the cap-and-
tax bill. In fact, it was a bipartisan ``no'' vote. It was a bipartisan 
``no'' vote against job loss.
  This is a picture of miners who lost their jobs in the last Clean Air 
Act amendments; 1,200 in this one mine alone.
  What's our solution? An all-of-the-above strategy that opens up the 
Outer Continental Shelf for revenues for renewable fuels, coal for 
electricity and fuel, wind and solar, nuclear power, renewable fuels.
  Those are the job-creating engines that will help us get out of this 
economic recession. We can't do that by raising energy prices. We can 
only do that by lowering it. That's the all-of-the-above energy 
strategy that we have brought to the floor as Republicans. We have to 
vote against the cap-and-tax bill.

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