House Proceeding 06-26-09 on Jun 26th, 2009 :: 2:12:05 to 2:15:05
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2:12:03 to 2:12:23( Edit History Discussion )

Dave Camp: trump environmental requirements. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas. >> the president stated under his energy plan, and i quote, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket, end quote.

2:12:05 to 2:15:05( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Dave Camp

2:12:24 to 2:12:44( Edit History Discussion )

Dave Camp: i give him credit. he's being honest with the american people. today, the nation's unemployment level is fast approaching 10%. that means one out of every 10 americans will soon be without a job and without a paycheck to provide for themselves and their families. yet, this national energy tax will drive up prices while making jobs scarcer. in fact, one utility, which is even supporting this

2:12:45 to 2:13:05( Edit History Discussion )

Dave Camp: legislation, has already applied to state regulators to raise their electricity rates in anticipation of the cost of complying with this national energy tax. while the speaker wants us to pay more in energy taxes, china and they will not follow suit. they'll not impose those hardships on their people. this shouldn't surprise us.

2:13:06 to 2:13:27( Edit History Discussion )

Dave Camp: as our mothers used to ask, if everyone else jumped off a cliff, would you? of course not. neither will china and india. they reckon acting these caps is like -- they recognize enacting these caps is like jumping off a cliff. more manufacturing jobs will move to china and india. fewer americans have jobs and

2:13:28 to 2:13:49( Edit History Discussion )

Dave Camp: there is no reduction in obal greenhouse gases. and because this bill was rushed to the floor, because the america given a chance to review it, because their representatives were not given a chance to improve it through the committee process, this bill contains numerous flaws. committee on ways and means has not reviewed are an area open

2:13:50 to 2:14:10( Edit History Discussion )

Dave Camp: for our trading partners to retaliate against our goods and against our workers. how does this help our economy? how does this help families? how does this help our environment? it doesn't. now, i know promises have been made, that your constituents won't be harmed by this bill, that it contains plenty of consumer protections. what are those protections?

2:14:11 to 2:14:31( Edit History Discussion )

Dave Camp: who's going to get them? not the middle class, not the people the president promised to protect, families making less than $250,000 a year. somewhere in this house late at night someone made the decision to eliminate the tax credits designed to help middle-class families pay for these high energy prices. here are the plain and simple

2:14:32 to 2:14:54( Edit History Discussion )

Dave Camp: facts. under the speaker's national energy tax, a family of four with incomover $33,000 per year will lose under this bill. they and 235 million other americans will pay higher costs and receive no help in offsetting these costs. let's be clear what this means. three out of every four

2:14:55 to 2:15:06( Edit History Discussion )

Dave Camp: americans will pay more under this bill. the speaker's national energy tax is bad for our economy, bad for families who are already struggling to make ends meet