Hill Heat: More House Chatter About Waxman-MarkeyScience Policy Legislation Actiontag:www.hillheat.com,2005:TypoTypo2009-06-06T15:03:25-04:00Brad Johnsonurn:uuid:ceb82e8e-0800-4fa3-84ef-04b6822368d42009-06-05T08:39:00-04:002009-06-06T15:03:25-04:00More House Chatter About Waxman-Markey<p><a href='http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/print/2009/06/05/1'>E&E News</a> gets more House members to talk about the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454). Many are befuddled, though self-described “oil-patch Democrat” John Salazar (D-Colo.) is likely to vote against the bill.</p>
Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.), Ways and Means:
<blockquote>My biggest concern is we have a bill that we can explain to our constituents. I think that’s the hardest thing. There were a lot of members who feel that way, that cap and trade is just a very hard concept to explain. It’s been defined relatively effectively, if not accurately necessarily, by the opponents of it. It makes it a difficult sell job.</blockquote>
Rep. Vic Snyder (D-Ark.):
<blockquote>I suspect I’m like a lot of members, which is, I’ve still got a lot to learn about it. I think there’s a lot of legitimate questions about how it works.</blockquote>
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.):
<blockquote>I could not say at this moment. I’ve not had a chance to look at it close enough to my own satisfaction. And that’s just a function from the fact we’ve been dealing with an awful lot of things during the last few months.</blockquote>
Rep. John Salazar (D-Colo.), who “would prefer Congress split up energy and global warming into two separate bills, passing the first now and waiting until later on the latter”:
<blockquote>I had a little talk with the speaker. Depending on what comes out in the end, we might be able to support a bill. Right now, as it currently stands, I don’t think I could support it.</blockquote>
Speaking about his brother, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar:
<blockquote>Actually, I think he feels about the same way I do. We want to make sure that us oil-patch Democrats are well positioned, that if we have to take a vote, that we’ll take the right vote. And second of all, I’d hope we’d move the bill in the Senate before it comes to the House, because the Senate I don’t think is going to pass any kind of version like the one we do.</blockquote>
Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.):
<blockquote>That’s an awful, awful bill.</blockquote><p><a href='http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/print/2009/06/05/1'>E&E News</a> gets more House members to talk about the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454). Many are befuddled, though self-described “oil-patch Democrat” John Salazar (D-Colo.) is likely to vote against the bill.</p>
Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.), Ways and Means:
<blockquote>My biggest concern is we have a bill that we can explain to our constituents. I think that’s the hardest thing. There were a lot of members who feel that way, that cap and trade is just a very hard concept to explain. It’s been defined relatively effectively, if not accurately necessarily, by the opponents of it. It makes it a difficult sell job.</blockquote>
Rep. Vic Snyder (D-Ark.):
<blockquote>I suspect I’m like a lot of members, which is, I’ve still got a lot to learn about it. I think there’s a lot of legitimate questions about how it works.</blockquote>
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.):
<blockquote>I could not say at this moment. I’ve not had a chance to look at it close enough to my own satisfaction. And that’s just a function from the fact we’ve been dealing with an awful lot of things during the last few months.</blockquote>
Rep. John Salazar (D-Colo.), who “would prefer Congress split up energy and global warming into two separate bills, passing the first now and waiting until later on the latter”:
<blockquote>I had a little talk with the speaker. Depending on what comes out in the end, we might be able to support a bill. Right now, as it currently stands, I don’t think I could support it.</blockquote>
Speaking about his brother, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar:
<blockquote>Actually, I think he feels about the same way I do. We want to make sure that us oil-patch Democrats are well positioned, that if we have to take a vote, that we’ll take the right vote. And second of all, I’d hope we’d move the bill in the Senate before it comes to the House, because the Senate I don’t think is going to pass any kind of version like the one we do.</blockquote>
Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.):
<blockquote>That’s an awful, awful bill.</blockquote>