I think in your testimony you said not only would this bill destroy our economy, our communities, our way of life, but it is also going to make us pay more, pay more, due to it.
the Waxman-Markey bill will really change our way of life, you said in terms of at home in Arkansas, in regards to your community in lost jo...
I have been saying we want to make energy as clean as we can as fast as we can without raising the costs to American families.
The Waxman-Markey bill may create green jobs. It may even create green jobs in the agriculture sector.
But this Waxman-Markey bill also costs jobs, and Americans want all jobs, not just some.
The Administration says the Waxman-Markey bill will create millions of new jobs.
Well, since the passage of that bill, unemployment has reached 9.5 percent.
I mean, I worry about western ranchers whose operations are heavily dependent on the use of Federal lands.
What are farmers and ranchers across the country supposed to think of this logic?
Do you think this bill can be perfected to the point where energy and input costs would be beneficial to farmers and ranchers? Or do you thi...
So that is another clear concern that we hope we can address in the Senate version.