He focused on Ellsworth record of voting in support of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, cap-and-trade legislation, and health care bill.
Like health-care reform's individual mandate, cap-and-trade legislation is a Republican invention: the Administration of the first President Bush devised it more than twenty years ago to reduce the pollutants that caused acid rain.
"The President said it best: cap-and-trade legislation will cause utility rates to 'skyrocket,'" Congressman Cole said.
He supports cap-and-trade legislation.
Whether Congress will act any time soon to pass cap-and-trade legislation or revoke EPA's authority to regulate GHGs is questionable.
Fred has also been a leading opponent of cap-and-trade legislation and needless EPA regulations that stifle growth, kill jobs, and raise energy costs.
National issues, including health care, government spending, cap-and-trade legislation and the role of government.
Americans for Prosperity has held at least eighty events targeting cap-and-trade legislation, which is aimed at making industries pay for the air pollution that they create.
Griffith voted against the Affordable Health Care for America Act, cap-and-trade legislation and the 2009 economic stimulus act.
Gohmert has opposed cap-and-trade legislation, such as the one that was passed in the US House when it was Democratic controlled.