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State Representative Kurt Zellers
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
651-296-5502
For more information contact: Jodi Boyne 651-296-0640
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House GOP to Franken, Klobuchar: Stop cap-and-trade
ST. PAUL, January 22, 2010 – House Republican Minority Leader Kurt Zellers, R-Maple Grove, and 20 other House Republicans today sent a letter to US Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken expressing the members’ opposition to the cap-and-trade bills making their way through Washington.
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Our agriculture industry would be especially hard hit if the U.S. Senate adopts cap-and-trade
legislation similar to that passed by the U.S. House. According to a report released by Missouri
Sen. Kit Bond and Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson on October 21, America’s farmers and
ranchers would be hit with $550 million in higher fuel costs by 2020 and $1.65 billion in 2050 as
a direct result of climate change legislation. Minnesota’s rural economy—particularly the dairy
industry—cannot sustain this kind of hit. The USDA already rates dairy as one of the most
highly-leveraged agriculture industries. Forcing the burden of massive energy increases on their
operations would be crippling.
Our country is suffering from the worst economic recession since the Great Depression. It is
financially irresponsible to consider legislation that would impose the largest tax hike in
American history when so many people and businesses are already struggling to make ends
meet. Our country simply cannot afford to take this gamble.
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