[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 21, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2003]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             GREEN NEW DEAL

  (Mr. CLINE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CLINE. Madam Speaker, there is no denying that we need to support 
an all-of-the-above solution for energy policy to secure our energy 
independence. But the Green New Deal which was recently introduced, yet 
again, seeks to fundamentally change our way of life, cripple American 
businesses, and explode our national debt--$93 trillion, with a T, 
which is how much their proposal will cost over the next 10 years.
  Let's put that into perspective. $93 trillion is more money than the 
Federal Government has spent for the entire period from 1979 until the 
present. Madam Speaker, that is absurd. Worse yet, how do the Democrats 
propose that we pay for it? By raising the taxes, of course, up to 70 
percent. This is outrageous.
  It crushes jobs, costs an average American household nearly $700,000 
through 2029, provides paychecks for people unwilling to work, 
abolishes airplanes, cows, and fossil fuels, and would require 
rebuilding and retrofitting every building in America. This is a crazy 
policy.

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