On the reruns c-span was just showing, John Larson (D-CT-1) ranted about the evils of sending dollars overseas and our addiction to oil... buying oil funds terrorism, etc. He claimed that somehow this bill will help us compete against China and India. Strangely he didn't explain how.
Every supporter of this bill said the same thing, couched in amorphous and moral rather than factual language: that passing this bill will somehow get China and India and other countries to follow suit in restricting their emissions, that this bill will create jobs, and that this bill will improve our ability to compete with China and India. Mind-boggling. China is going to be laughing all the way to the bank.
"Jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs. Let's vote for jobs!" -- Nancy Pelosi, 2009-06-26, on the American Clean Energy and Security Act
"Make no mistake, this [American Clean Energy and Security Act] is a jobs bill." -- President Obama, 2009-06-27, weekly address
"Above all, [the American Clean Energy and Security Act] will protect consumers from the costs of this transition, so that in a decade, the price to the average American will be just about a postage stamp a day." -- President Obama, 2009-06-27, weekly address
"[The American Clean Energy and Security Act] has also been carefully written to address the concerns that many have expressed in the past. Instead of increasing the deficit, it's paid for by the polluters who currently emit dangerous carbon emissions." -- President Obama, 2009-06-27, weekly address.