[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16291]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    ALL-OF-THE-ABOVE ENERGY STRATEGY

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, the Old Book contains an admonition to 
lawmakers with these words: Woe to you because you load people down 
with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift a 
finger to help them.
  In the midst of the worst economy in a generation, remarkably, House 
Democrats are poised this week to load the American people down with a 
national energy tax, and the American people deserve to know it.
  Now there is lots of debate about what this bill will cost the 
average American, but there is no dispute the Democrat cap-and-trade 
bill will raise the cost of energy to every household in America, every 
small business, every family farm; and it will cost millions of 
American jobs. And the vote is tomorrow.
  If you oppose a national energy tax, I say call your Congressman. If 
you think the Democrat cap-and-trade bill will cap growth and trade 
jobs, call your Congressman. And if you believe the American people 
deserve an all-of-the-above energy strategy that will create jobs, 
achieve energy independence and a cleaner environment, endorse the 
Republican alternative and call your Congressman.
  A minority in Congress plus the American people equals a majority. We 
can reject cap-and-trade this week, and so we must.

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