Hastings delivers harsh words about energy tax | Yakima Herald-Republic Online

YAKIMA, Wash. -- U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Pasco, invoked lemmings and had some other sharp words for the Democrats’ National Energy Tax in a speech on the House floor today.
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“By imposing this National Energy Tax and creating a massive new bureaucracy to regulate the entire economy, this bill will drive up the cost of doing business in America, sending jobs overseas to China and India — nations that flat-out refuse to reduce their own carbon emissions.
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“America should not be the first lemming to jump off the cliff because Nancy Pelosi and Al Gore are convinced that China, India, Russia and others will follow us over the ledge.”