[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 7, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S66-S67]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT A 
    CARBON TAX IS NOT IN THE ECONOMIC INTEREST OF THE UNITED STATES

  Mr. VITTER submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Finance:

                             S. Con. Res. 1

       Whereas a carbon tax is regressive in nature and would 
     unfairly burden those vulnerable individuals and families in 
     the United States that are already struggling with increasing 
     electricity rates and a slow economic recovery;
       Whereas a carbon tax would increase the cost of every good 
     manufactured in the United States;

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       Whereas a carbon tax would harm the entire United States 
     manufacturing sector;
       Whereas European nations that have adopted carbon policies 
     and regulatory regimes have forced energy poverty on their 
     citizens and undermined their economies;
       Whereas the increase in production of domestic fossil 
     energy resources on private and State-owned land has created 
     significant job growth and private capital investment; and
       Whereas affordable and reliable energy sources are critical 
     to maintaining the United States global competitiveness: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that a carbon 
     tax would be detrimental to families and businesses in the 
     United States, and is not in the interest of the United 
     States.

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