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GOP Congressman: Cap-and-Trade Biggest Threat to Democracy and Freedom

By | 04.22.09 | 12:52 pm

During a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing to discuss newly proposed climate change legislation from Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) just said this about cap-and-trade programs to limit carbon emissions:

This is the largest assault on democracy and freedom in

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