John Cornyn actually said...

"Is it correct to say that this proposed budget relies, in part, on a $1.6 trillion tax increase over the next 10 years?"

"Is there not a very real danger of gasoline prices skyrocketing for the average consumer, and what would that do to our fragile economic recovery?"

"I worry that, along with the additional tax burden, that an industry which employs 9.2 million people in America right now, by adding $46 billion in additional taxes over the next 10 years by the perm..."

"How does it reduce our dependency on imported energy to raise taxes to the tune of $46 billion on our domestic energy producers?"