[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 1509]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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          SPEECH IN OPPOSITION TO FEDERAL WAIVER ON EMISSIONS

  (Mr. McCLINTOCK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I rise to urge the President not to 
waive the Federal law on emission standards that is currently 
protecting Californians from Governor Schwarzenegger's crusade to save 
our planet by destroying our economy. Putting aside the highly 
questionable junk science behind the Governor's proposal, the net 
effect would add up to $5,000 to the price of a new car.
  Automobile sales normally account for one-fifth of California's sales 
taxes, which have already fallen by $1\1/2\ billion over the past 12 
months. Ironically, the Governor's also asking the President to bail 
out California's growing budget deficit at the same time.
  So I would respectfully suggest to the President that California's 
economic folly is not something that he should be copying.

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