On the recordApril 6, 2011
I thank the gentleman from Pittsburgh. I would just like to lend my voice to taking this and studying this, because there are issues here. There will be a transition. We want our businesses to be aware of what the actual statistics are, to study these regs, what they're going to be and what the effects are going to be. But in no way, shape or form does this diminish mine or I don't think anyone else's support for a green energy future that we need in the United States. I have been sitting here listening and you have several Members over there saying, ``China isn't going to do cap-and-trade.'' The fact is they're starting to do it. ``China is never going to tax carbon.'' The fact is they're starting to do it. And now we have dropped from first place in leading the green revolution to second, now to third, behind China, Germany, and now the United States. These are manufacturing jobs. Tons and tons of steel go into a windmill; 8,000 component parts. They manufacture them in Illinois, in Ohio, in Pennsylvania. These are jobs for our people. Why else would the United Steelworkers of America be against this and be for the green revolution? We're making this happen, and we have to get out of our own way while we do it.
