[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6522]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              THE HYPOCRISY OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION

  (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, I come to the floor today to talk about the 
hypocrisy of this current administration. First they say they want to 
cut the deficit in half by their first term, but then they add, in 6 
weeks, $1.5 trillion to the national debt.
  They attack earmarks as being bad, but they're soon to sign an 
omnibus bill that has 9,000 earmarks in it.
  And last but not least, a promised tax cut to 95 percent of all 
Americans, while in their budget planning to raise $646 billion by a 
carbon tax. What does that do?
  This is Peabody Mine Number 10. The last clean air bill we passed, 
1,000 mine workers lost their job. A carbon tax kills the fossil fuel 
industry in this country, raises the cost of energy, will destroy 
manufacturing. As the Detroit News said in its editorial yesterday, 
it's a job destroyer for the State of Michigan. Be aware of the carbon 
tax.

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