House Proceeding 05-13-09 on May 13th, 2009 :: 1:16:45 to 1:19:10
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Rob Bishop: away the precious freedom our dear friend from minnesota is just talking about. i'd like to go bac . mr. bishop: on certain elements in certain industries, the government is picking winners and losers and we're trying to sell it to the american people

1:16:45 to 1:19:10( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Rob Bishop

1:17:03 to 1:17:25( Edit History Discussion )

Rob Bishop: on the idea that this is going to move us into a new generation of green eney. what we need to realize is back in the 1970's and i'm going to quote from an address to utah valley university. he said back in the 1970's that

1:17:26 to 1:17:47( Edit History Discussion )

Rob Bishop: there were alternatives to fossil fuels. taken together, wind and solar power accounts for 1/6 of 1% of america's energy use. when you ask power point to do a pie chart, they couldn't come up with a wedge that small. what the bow balma administration -- after 30

1:17:48 to 1:18:08( Edit History Discussion )

Rob Bishop: years, we pumped $20 billion into subsidies for wind and solar power. the obama administration is hoping to double that. that's a great goal. we should try to double wind and solar energy. the last three years of the bush administration, we doubled the amount of wind and solar energy we produced. but what that comes in that pie

1:18:09 to 1:18:30( Edit History Discussion )

Rob Bishop: chart -- mr. akin: we didn't do a big tax increase, did we? it seemed to make sense that americandid it. mr. bishop: all we're doing is from 1/6 to 1/3 of 1%.

1:18:31 to 1:18:51( Edit History Discussion )

Rob Bishop: which is why this cap and tax is senseless. the american people. if you live on the west coast, you don't have that much. and it makes a difference the economic level o

1:18:52 to 1:19:12( Edit History Discussion )

Rob Bishop: if you are reach -- rich, this is going to be announce. if you're poor, this approach makes the difference of whether you can have a luxury like tuna casserole at night and hit the poor people harder, in different areas of the country will hit them harder. that is why it is unfair and