But if we put such huge pressures on American industries that they take their jobs to these other parts of the world, wouldn't you agree with me that intuitively, we are actually making the problem worse and that what we ought to be…

trillions of dollars that will be passed on to the consumers, which will disproportionately hurt the working class, the poor, the middle class, and the elderly.

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Ladies and gentlemen, the problem is that folks want to always talk about the terrorists, and absolutely we all should be concerned about the terrorists. But how about the citizens of the United States who have to worry about now being…

But because of the power plants that are run by coal that we have already seen that are shutting down, et cetera, is the reason that you made those statements and that you think there are going to be more 202 orders is because of some of…

But when the President has more flexibility, if we believe his words, and we believe his words from his last campaign, don't you anticipate that he is going to make the costs rise on the use of coal and even natural gas, because they are…

When I was asked earlier about the issue of coal, you know, under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket.

Well, I am not sure I would go there, especially as an American. I don't want to accuse you of being too Canadian.

So you would generally agree with me that we probably have greater than 2 percent if only we would use our resources, is that correct?

And so would I be correct in believing that by not allowing the United States and Canada to expand our use of our natural resources, we may in fact be creating a greater problem worldwide with pollution than if we are allowed to use with…

Well, it is your safety program, Honorable Member, and it will be a pipeline built by Americans, supervised by Americans and made safe by Americans.

It just looks like to me that this administration has an 'all of the above' policy to raise the cost of energy on all of the above.

Absolutely. I would have to say we do a much better job here. It's almost like I can remember when I was much younger, liberals always said to conservatives, Well, you all act like the United States is the only country in the world, and we…

I thank you so much. I stuck around just because I wanted to hear more about your Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act. I think that is a great concept. I look forward to reading it. It is the way and the direction that we ought to be going…

Thank you, Congressman Griffin, I do. I agreed with what you had to say and wholeheartedly support your concepts and where we need to be moving this country. Let me say to each and every one of you that the American worker is second to…

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And they know, and we talk about the money issue. You talked about that, and you're absolutely right. They know that if we create a regulatory environment that's conducive to creation of jobs--not no regulations, but conducive to creating…

One of the problems that we have in my area where we have lost a lot of jobs is that even if we accept some of the policies of Dr. Bivens, the people who are gaining are not Americans.

But you understand that there's always a trade-off, and that sometimes it is--you know, you can't make the world perfect.

I think every statistic shows that, and I pick up Mr. McKinley's chart and he showed you the coal power plants that are closing down.

the United States has got a job problem, if you all haven't figured that out by now, and that we shouldn't be piling on regulations that are killing jobs.

We need to look at the whole world situation and make sure that we are not destroying American jobs.

Thank you very much. I appreciate these few minutes to speak. You know, I have been sitting here listening to everybody speak, and very, very good points have been made by so many of the speakers. And it does come down to a couple, simple…