Kratovil catches flak for cap and trade [swindle] vote

DENTON (AP) - Some Eastern Shore farmers are unhappy with Rep. Frank Kratovil for voting for a bill that would regulate greenhouse gas emissions through a cap-and-trade system.

Kratovil told constituents at a town-hall meeting yesterday in Caroline County that he tried to make the bill easier on farmers. Amendments to the bill would exempt agriculture and forestry from the cap-and-trade system and allow farmers to be compensated for their emission-control measures.

The Democratic congressman says the bill is not perfect but that regulation of emissions is inevitable.

One poultry farmer said the resulting increase in energy costs would threaten his family's future and stormed out of the meeting before Kratovil could finish his response. Anita Smith of Greensboro also spoke out against the bill, saying it would be too expensive and burdensome for farmers.

Frank Kratovil: Information from Answers.com

Frank Michael Kratovil, Jr., (born May 29, 1968) is an American Democratic politician from the state of Maryland, and the Congressman for Maryland's 1st congressional district.

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