[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 185 (Thursday, October 21, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H5737]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                RACE TO GREEN IS TAX ON WORKING FAMILIES

  (Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, the cost of everything is spiking, 
from gas to groceries.
  One of the main reasons for these spikes is that energy costs are 
soaring. Affordable, reliable energy fuels our economy and our daily 
lives.
  But some of my colleagues don't like the affordable, reliable energy 
that has built our economy and lifted billions of men, women, and 
children around the world out of poverty. Why? Because this energy has 
been provided by fossil fuels and nuclear power, energy sources 
vilified by many wealthy elites and the activist class, those least 
impacted by these high prices.
  Make no mistake, when pipelines are blocked, new leasing on Federal 
lands is stopped, and mines are forced to close, working families pay 
the price.
  This rush to green is a tax on working families, the middle class, 
because a larger part of their paychecks is consumed by these 
increasing prices on items necessary for daily life.
  The American people should know, this race to green is not really 
about carbon. It is about control.

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