In the middle of a recession, Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats passed a Cap-and-Trade bill that would cause 2.4 million layoffs.*
Public outcry to the Cap-and-Trade bill, passed by Democrats in the House over the nearly unanimous opposition of Republicans, surprised many of its supporters.
Pete Sessions was only surprised that public objections were not more pronounced.
How else should voters react to a proposal designed to put people out of work and raise the cost of energy?
Of course, Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats claim Cap-and-Trade is not intended to destroy jobs or raise energy prices – but the facts contradict them. Otherwise, why would Democrats include a special program to compensate workers for jobs lost due to the bill’s enactment? And why would they create a new subsidy for lower-income families to help pay for the higher electricity rates?
At the heart of Cap-and-Trade is an attempt by the Democrats to dictate energy prices, artificially enabling “renewable” sources of energy to compete with the more efficient forms of energy now widespread in our economy. Cap-and-Trade would increase the costs for prevalent sources of energy (coal, oil and natural gas), while subsidizing others. The overall price increase would be a damaging blow to our standard of living.
It didn’t take the public’s outcry to persuade Pete Sessions that the Democrats’ Cap-and-Trade bill was a bad deal. He already knew it. That is why he led the Republican fight on the House floor against it.
What is the Sessions Plan for Clean Energy?
Pete Sessions supports responsible stewardship of our environment. He favors the American Energy Act, an “all-of-the-above” approach to our nation’s energy needs. Click here to read more.
