Cap-and-trade Quotes

The reality is the cap-and-trade legislation offered by the Democrats amounts to an economic declaration of war on the Midwest by liberals on Capitol Hill.

Some solutions are relatively simple and would provide economic benefits: implementing measures to conserve energy, putting a price on carbon through taxes and cap-and-trade and shifting from fossil fuels to clean and renewable energy sources.

Most Americans are more concerned about the economy and job creation. And they can't understand why the Obama administration or the Democrat majority in Congress wants to pass a bill like the cap-and-trade tax that will cost us jobs, that will hurt our economy, that will drive up costs for families, as well as for small businesses.

Many scientists and economists also say putting a price on carbon through carbon taxes and/or cap-and-trade is necessary.

Nobody in this country realizes that cap-and-trade is a tax - and it's a great big one.

Let's stop big government energy mandates like cap-and-trade, and instead trust the American innovator to make us energy independent.