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“I appreciate that. And I have tried to segue a little bit of the climate change debate. We mentioned it here with Chairman Dingell. To be intellectually honest, a carbon tax would be a way to go. He says 50 cents a gallon. So if the average price today is $3.65, you add 50 cents a gallon, Americans will be paying $4.15 a gallon. Now, even in the cap and trade program, really cap and trade equates to 50 cents a gallon. And we just want folks to be intellectually honest and be clear, so the public has to understand. An issue out today, politicians beware, the issue tied for last, climate change tied for last on a list of domestic priorities for President Bush and Congress in a 2008 survey from the Pew Research Center for the people in the press, lagging behind influence of lobbyists, moral breakdown, et cetera. Last. But California just passed a 20 to 30 percent increase on the electricity bills to deal with climate change. So if we want lower energy prices, we need more supply. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.”