Barton Exposes Cap and Trade as a Job-Killing Tax on Energy

WASHINGTON – Today U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, and ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, appeared on Fox News' America's Newsroom to discuss the Waxman-Markey global warming bill.

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Carbon Caps Already Killing Californian Jobs » The Foundry

This week the House of Representatives held hearings on a sweeping new law that would impose a cap on carbon emissions and regulate energy and manufacturing in this country. Moderate Democrats in Congress are less than thrilled about telling their constituents they are about to swell the ranks of the unemployed by making it even more difficult for companies in the energy and manufacturing sector to stay in business.

William LaJeunesse reports live from a cement plant in California that will likely shutter due to the new “low carbon” emissions rule just passed by state regulators.

More Gore: Wrenching transformation of society only costs 30 cents per day

On the cost of the bill for American families, Mr. Gore said: “The best estimate I’ve seen is about 30 cents a day,” referring to the EPA’s cost analysis of the Waxman-Markey bill.