Schock votes against ‘Cap and Trade’ energy bill
From a press release:
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Aaron Schock (R-IL) voted against H.R. 2454, the so-called “cap and tax†legislation, when it passed the House today. H.R. 2454 creates a national energy tax that will lead to higher energy prices and further job losses.
Schock supports the Republican alternative to this legislation, which would increase our energy supply through an ‘all of the above’ energy policy that develops more of our domestic resources, invests in renewable and alternative energy sources, offers incentives for better efficiency and conservation, and makes a renewed commitment to clean and emissions free nuclear energy.
“People in the eighteenth Congressional District of Illinois are hurting,†said Schock. “Just today it was announced that Peoria’s unemployment rate crossed into double digits for the first time in more than two decades. Yet still the House voted to add 3,100 of my constituents to the unemployment lines.â€
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Original post by Billy Dennis
