[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 110 (Tuesday, July 21, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H8444]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




GREATEST THREAT TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMY FROM CAP-AND-TRADE BILL 
              WAS SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE BACK-ROOM DEALS

  (Mr. BILBRAY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. BILBRAY. Mr. Speaker, the American people were promised a climate 
change bill that would address the emissions problems. The problem is 
that their greatest threat to the environment and the economy from the 
so-called cap-and-trade bill was the smoke coming out of the back-room 
deals that were cut to create this monster that's being called cap-and-
trade.
  Frankly, I will just tell you the whole concept that when we had a 
chance to get government out of the way and build new zero emission 
generating facilities to be able to provide clean energy for the 
economy and for the environment, instead of that, this Congress decided 
to drop the cap and tax, tax, tax.
  And anyone that's worked on emissions issues will look at this bill 
in the future and say how could somebody with a straight face go back 
to their district and say that this bill is going to clean up the 
environment and help the economy? It is going to continue the pattern 
of a massive emission while we get the economy driven down.
  There is no cap in this bill, only taxes.

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