I appreciate your courtesy in doing that.
The increases in the price of energy caused by the program would reduce workers' real wages.
Well, I am very interested in how a cap-and-trade program would affect the poor.
Should we not say 'shift,' if it appears that the coal, oil, and gas States would lose a significant amount of jobs?
Is it possible to construct a cap-and-trade program that reduces carbon emissions, that is not felt by the poor?
What bothers me a lot is that, when I was chairman of the Labor and Human Resources Committee, now called the Health, Ed...
We are certainly concerned about it, which is why...we do have some concern.
If the United States implements cap and trade unilaterally...we would, indeed, make ourselves considerably less competit...
I personally believe China may very well show up at Copenhagen and say, well, we are for all of this, but it is not goin...
I know it is the pattern that the Chairman and the Ranking Member give the opening statement and we do not.
I remain open to considering any reform measures that will promote competition in the insurance sector.