[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13168]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     THE TAX KNOWN AS CAP-AND-TRADE

  (Mr. REHBERG asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. REHBERG. Mr. Speaker, in order to seem like they are keeping the 
promise of no new taxes, some Democrats have simply stopped calling 
their tax policies taxes. For example, this week they're calling a $645 
billion tax increase cap-and-trade. But the Democratic chairman 
emeritus of the House Energy Committee, Congressman Dingell, warned 
that most Americans didn't know that cap-and-trade was--quote--``a tax, 
and a great big one.'' Cap-and-tax supporters suggest this money is 
pulled out of thin air. The truth is that each year under cap-and-tax, 
every American household will have to come up with an additional $3,100 
just to heat the house, run the washing machine or use energy. Most 
families don't have an extra $3,100 just sitting around. Americans are 
struggling to make ends meet. I ask my colleagues not to raise taxes on 
those who can least afford it.

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