Political Quotes

“In closing, I yield myself the balance of my time. I just want to point out that clearly the Obama administration must be very interested in imposing a tax on carbon through regulation. The fact that the opposition has objected to this and stated all of the reasons that they think a carbon tax should be imposed tells you that they are holding out for that opportunity. Of course, if you look at the devastating impacts of a carbon tax-- there are a lot of good studies out there. Again, I go back to the National Association of Manufacturers. It's a very respected national organization, people that stand up for American jobs. The report they did, entitled, ``Economic Outcomes of a U.S. Carbon Tax,'' is devastating. Clearly, the administration wants to do this. If it's such a good idea, bring the idea to Congress; bring it through the House; bring it through the Senate. They could get their floor leaders in the Senate to bring it up tomorrow, but they don't want this kind of scrutiny. Just the other day, the President was in Tennessee bragging about all these new jobs plans that he has; and while he was doing it, ironically, in another State, his new EPA Administrator was talking about climate change. In fact, she called climate change the ``opportunity of a lifetime,'' and that the EPA would continue to impose regulations despite what we think here in Congress. That's not the way the legislative process works.…”