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AS GAS PRICES CLIMB FOR SEVENTH WEEK, SPEAKER PELOSI’S NATIONAL ENERGY TAX POISED TO DRIVE COSTS EVEN HIGHER

TRUCKERS WARN OF "DRAMATIC AND SUDDEN FUEL SPIKES" TO MAKE GASOLINE, FOOD, & OTHER PRODUCTS MORE COSTLY FOR FAMILIES, SMALL BUSINESSES

June 16, 2009 | House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) |

According to AAA, gasoline prices climbed again today, making it seven full weeks that prices have spiked for families and small businesses. Seems to be a bad time to bring to the House floor legislation to drive energy costs even higher, doesn’t it? Apparently not, because House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has made this Friday her deadline for having national energy tax legislation ready for consideration in the full House. That troubles the national organization representing America’s truck drivers, who are responsible for transporting food and other products on behalf of families and small businesses across the country. Here’s what Tommy Hodges, First Vice Chairman of the American Trucking Association, said recently about the impact of Speaker Pelosi’s national energy tax on America’s truck drivers:

“‘Fleets are extremely sensitive to rapidly shifting operating costs given thin operating margins,’ said Hodges. ‘These margins continue to be chipped away, given the numerous and unprecedented costs being imposed upon the industry to reduce emissions from trucks.’”

“Hodges explained that provisions in H.R. 2454’s cap-and-trade program grant oil refiners 2 percent of the carbon allowances between 2014 and 2016 to help mitigate refinery Greenhouse Gas emissions.”

“‘This amount is inadequate and will result in significant price increases for refined products,’ said Hodges. ‘The 2 percent allotment to refineries over a 2-year period covers the refineries’ facility emissions, but totally ignores carbon emissions from the combustion of petroleum products, leaving downstream users, such as trucking companies, exposed to dramatic and sudden fuel price spikes.’”

Leaving truck drivers “exposed to dramatic and sudden fuel price spikes,” as Mr. Hodges asserted, would not only mean higher costs for the trucking industry, of course. It would mean higher prices for fuel, food, and other products Americans depend upon each and every day. At a time when costs of living are soaring and middle-class families and small businesses are struggling to make ends meet, is this really the kind of policy Americans are expecting from their leaders in Washington? Of course not, and that’s why House Republicans have proposed the American Energy Act, legislation that represents the fastest route to a cleaner environment, lower energy costs, and more American jobs. The legislation would:

• Increase environmentally-safe energy production on remote lands and far off our shores;

• Promote the use of alternative fuels that will reduce carbon emissions, such as nuclear, clean-coal, and renewable energy technologies; and

• Encourage increased efficiencies and cutting edge technologies to maximize America’s energy potential.

As Americans pay more and more at the pump every day, isn’t it time for Democrats to end their ill-advised plans for a national energy tax that will make everything from gasoline to electricity to food much more costly? Isn’t it time for bipartisan cooperation on the American Energy Act to clean up the environment, lower energy costs, and create more jobs here at home?

Boehner: Democrats Continue to Stonewall Bipartisan Investigation of Speaker’s Accusations Against our Nation’s Intelligence Professionals

WASHINGTON, DC – House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement on Democrats’ rejection of a resolution offered by Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) to establish a bipartisan Select Intelligence Subcommittee to investigate the allegation that Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) professionals repeatedly lied to the Speaker of the House and Members of Congress:

“It has been a month since Speaker Pelosi made serious allegations against our nation’s intelligence professionals. Since then, the Democratic leadership has stonewalled a bipartisan investigation into the matter, while the Speaker has declined to provide evidence to back up her allegations. Our nation’s intelligence professionals, the troops they help protect, and all Americans deserve answers from the Speaker and her colleagues in the Democratic leadership. I am disappointed that, once again, rank-and-file Democrats have refused to join Republicans in establishing a bipartisan investigation into these serious allegations. Until the Speaker finally agrees to provide them, Republicans will continue to insist on answers on behalf of our intelligence professionals and the American people.”

CBO: DEMS’ HEALTH CARE PLAN COSTS $1 TRILLION, LEAVES 36 MILLION UNINSURED, FORCES 23 MILLION OUT OF THEIR CURRENT PLANS

AS DEMS' COSTLY PLAN IS EXPOSED, HOUSE REPUBLICANS PREPARE BETTER SOLUTIONS TO INCREASE AMERICANS' ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE

June 16, 2009 | House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) | Permalink

Yesterday’s Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report on a Democratic health care “reform” bill has sent shockwaves through Washington – and middle-class families, small businesses, and all taxpayers are right to take notice. Here’s what CBO has uncovered:

• The Democratic plan will cost taxpayers at least $1 trillion;

• The legislation will leave at least 36 million Americans uninsured; and

• The proposal will force at least 23 million Americans to give up the health coverage they currently enjoy.

This is reform?

House Republicans are working on a better solution to ensure that every American has access to affordable health care. To that end, tomorrow, the House GOP’s Health Care Reform Solutions Group will outline a common-sense plan to reduce costs, expand access, and increase the quality of care in a way that Americans can afford. The GOP plan will:

• Expand access to affordable, quality care regardless of pre-existing conditions;

• Protect Americans from being forced into a government-run plan, making certain that medical decisions are made by patients and their doctors, not Washington bureaucrats; and

• Let Americans who like their health coverage keep it, while giving Americans the freedom to choose the plan that best meets their needs.

With the Democratic and GOP plans now coming into clearer focus, middle-class families and small businesses across the country are beginning to ask: is a $1 trillion government takeover of health care really worth it if it leaves at least 36 million Americans uninsured and forces at least 23 million Americans off their current plans? Or, is the better solution a proposal that will expand access to affordable care while protecting Americans’ relationships with their doctors? That choice will become increasingly evident in the weeks to come, as Democrats in charge of Washington continue pushing their costly plan onto Americans who just don’t support it.

WTF?

Call each member of the Senate Commerce Committee and urge them to make sure that no FCC nominee will regulate or control radio content.Only the ones with opposing views of course.

That means

… NO to the “Fairness Doctrine”

… NO to forced “diversity” in media ownership

… NO to serving the government’s flawed idea of “local” or “public” interest.

Leave radio content alone!! Radio content should be driven by the free market. Let the consumer decide!

We must have any and all nominees on the record supporting Free Speech in advance of their confirmation, and we are counting on you to help make that happen.

++ Call Members of the Senate Commerce Committee Today

Help the MRC by calling EVERY member of the committee today and tomorrow!

Below are the members and their contact information:

Democrats

John D. Rockefeller, WV – 202-224-6472

Daniel K. Inouye, HI – 202-224-3934

John Kerry, MA – 202-224-2742

Byron Dorgan, ND – 202-224-2551

Barbara Boxer, CA – 202-224-3553

Bill Nelson, FL – 202-224-5274

Maria Cantwell, WA – 202-224-3441

Frank Lautenberg, NJ – 202-224-3224

Mark Pryor, AR – 202-224-2353

Clair McCaskill, MO – 202-224-6154

Amy Klobuchar, MN – 202-224-3244

Tom Udall, NM – 202-224-6621

Mark Warner, VA – 202-224-2023

Mark Begich, AK – 202-224-3004

Republicans

Kay Bailey Hutchison, TX – 202-224-5922

Olympia Snowe, ME – 202-224-5344

John Ensign, NV – 202-224-6244

Jim DeMint, SC – 202-224-6121

John Thune, SD – 202-224-2321

Roger Wicker, MS – 202-224-6253

Johnny Isakson, GA – 202-224-3643

David Vitter, LA – 202-224-4623

Sam Brownback, KS – 202-224-6521

Mel Martinez, FL – 202-224-3041

Mike Johanns, NE – 202-224-4224

Rejean, when calling, be sure to urge EVERY member of the committee to stand first and foremost for the preservation of our Free Speech Rights by opposing ANY regulation or control of radio content.