[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 34 (Monday, February 25, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H2089]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
THE GREEN NEW DEAL
(Mr. FULCHER asked and was given permission to address the House for
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. FULCHER. Mr. Speaker, my Democratic colleagues have made public
the details of the so-called Green New Deal. Among other things, if
implemented over the next 10 years, it would eliminate the use of
fossil fuels and nuclear power. That means our gasoline-powered
vehicles and implements would be useless, and there would be no air
travel.
It would also require that virtually all building structures would be
rebuilt or need to be remodeled. Every facet of life would be forced to
change.
The most frightening thing about this is that my colleagues
sponsoring it are actually serious.
Furthermore, the architects failed to explain how they are going to
rebuild the economy they would decimate.
Mr. Speaker, I would suggest the architects of this legislation
change the color of the Green New Deal and call it the Red--as in stop
sign red--New Disaster.
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