This legislation will have even more devastating effects by 2035, as by that time this legislation will have reduced our gross domestic product by $9.6 trillion.

This legislation will kill jobs in the United States, and will hit citizens' pocketbooks hard.

I happen to disagree with that philosophy because everything I have read and everything I have seen from their Ministers said they are not going to do it because they are not going to put themselves behind an eight-ball.

Farm income is expected to drop $8 billion in 2012, $25 billion in 2024 and over $50 billion in 2035 if this legislation is enacted.

If the United States were to completely cease using fossil fuels, the increase from the rest of the world will replace United States' emissions in less than 8 years.

Not only will farmers in my district, and throughout the country, be burdened with not being able to afford to operate their farms, this legislation will raise their electric rates, gasoline rates and place an even larger burden on their…

I have the highest unemployment rate of the counties in the State of Ohio, one over 16 percent now.

What in the fiscal stimulus package out there is going to help the Fifth Congressional District in the next few months?

If they shed any more jobs, they are not going to be operating.