Taxing any activity beyond the EU borders is a dangerous precedent and a violation of the sovereignty of nations across the world.
H.R. 2594 and Senator Thune's bill, S. 1956, would each call for us to 'conduct international negotiations' as well as to 'take other action...
NBAA also supports S. 1956, The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act Of 2011.
This is a violation of international law?
It is unfair. It is discriminatory. It singles out a great American industry for discriminatory treatment.
I believe that ETS is completely separate from the user fees that countries might apply on passengers.
Social Security is the single largest category of the Federal budget, and the Social Security trustees recently released their annual report...
That means that, without reform, Social Security is going to exhaust its trust fund reserves by the year 2033.
Stopping the reforms, I think, would be counterproductive, inconsistent with fiscal responsibility, and unfair to unserved Americans who wou...
The technology is remarkable. The innovation is amazing, and, you know, we here in Congress are just trying to keep up with what's going on ...
there are places in the country where that's not true.