[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14128]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    NATIONAL ENERGY TAX LEGISLATION

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, before leaving for the Memorial Day recess, 
Democrats in Congress continued to advance national energy tax 
legislation that will devastate American families and small businesses.
  For weeks, nervous Democrats pleaded with Energy and Commerce 
Chairman Henry Waxman and Representative Ed Markey, two lead sponsors 
of this national energy tax, for changes to their climate change bill. 
The changes were intended to soften the blow families in their home 
States would suffer as a result of this new national energy tax. 
Unfortunately, the bill passed the Energy and Commerce Committee, is 
moving its way through Congress, and is still just a great big energy 
tax. The American people deserve better.
  Republicans have held energy summits across the country to talk 
directly to the American people about the Democrats' costly energy plan 
and to develop real energy solutions that ensure American energy 
independence.
  Congress must reject the Democrats' national energy tax and deliver 
energy solutions that create a stronger economy and a cleaner 
environment.

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