[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 19664]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          ALL PAIN AND NO GAIN

  (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, as we spin in circles here on health care, 
let's not forget the failed policy of a national energy tax, or cap-
and-trade. These coal miners lost their jobs the last time we passed 
environmental laws, and with their jobs went their health care 
benefits. I've always said that cap-and-tax is a direct attack on coal 
by the environmental left.
  And if you don't believe me, yesterday's article says Sierra Club 
opposes transmission lines to link AEP to Allegheny coal fire power 
plants on the grounds that it would increase coal use. I also say that 
cap-and-tax is all pain and no gain, especially if China and India do 
not comply.
  Well, we also have a quote by Rajendra Pachauri, who is the Chair of 
the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. And he says: 
``India will continue to use coal to meet its energy demands.'' And 
finally, the science of climate change is not exact and not conclusive. 
Channel 2, CBS Chicago, says that Chicago sees coldest July in 67 
years.

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