[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 22]
[House]
[Page 29846]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             CAP-AND-TRADE

  (Mr. SMITH of Nebraska asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Madam Speaker, I rise to express my concerns 
about the rush of some of my colleagues that they seem to be in to 
enact cap-and-trade legislation. We are seeing serious doubts on the 
validity of the science which is driving this flawed policy. In fact, 
the EPA has formally declared greenhouse gas emissions as dangerous 
pollutants, an action which could prove costly to America's farms, 
ranches, and small businesses.
  At a time of double-digit unemployment, the last thing our country 
needs is a jobs-killing tax regime imposed on our family-run small 
businesses and agriculture producers. Agriculture is an energy-
intensive industry, relying on fuel for the truck, fertilizer for the 
crops, and generators to keep heaters on during the winter.
  This national energy tax is the wrong way to go, and it's based on 
flawed science.

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