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Glenn Thompson: “If the gentleman will yield, in terms of the cap-and-trade, cap-and-tax, or the light switch tax, I guess, in…”

On the recordMay 5, 2010
If the gentleman will yield, in terms of the cap-and-trade, cap-and-tax, or the light switch tax, I guess, in Pennsylvania the Public Utility Commission sent a letter to the Pennsylvania delegation adamantly opposing cap-and-trade because they did their analysis of that bill, and electricity costs in Pennsylvania would rise by 30 percent. Now, that 30 percent tax, that increase will not discriminate. It will hit the most wealthy of Pennsylvania citizens, but just as much, and I think more severely even, it's going to address those who are just living paycheck to paycheck today. And even people that aren't getting by financially, to see a 30 percent increase in the cost of electricity, that's immoral to me.
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Glenn Thompson
Republican · Pennsylvania
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May 5, 2010

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The speaker addresses the impact of cap-and-trade legislation on electricity costs in Pennsylvania.

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