,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #h  ,,in ,,the ,,house
 ,,of ,,representatives  ,january #ae1  
#bjac ,mr4 ,mc,kinley 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,pompeo1 ,mr4 ,upton1 ,mr4 ,barton1    
,mr4 ,whitfield1 ,mr4 ,shimkus1 ,mr4    
,rahall1 ,mr4 ,rogers of ,kentucky1 ,mr4
 ,terry1 ,mrs4 ,blackburn1 ,mr4 ,johnson
 of ,ohio1 and ,mrs4 ,capito7 submitted 
the following concurrent resolution2    
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,ways and ,means  ,,concurrent          
,,resolution  ,expressing the opposition
 of ,congress to ,federal efforts to    
establish a carbon tax on fuels for     
electricity and transportation4         
,whereas affordable and abundant        
electricity from coal and natural gas is
 a strategic resource that is essential 
to modern life1 ,america's economic     
competitiveness1 and1 ultimately1       
independence from foreign and volatile  
sources of energy2 ,whereas the         
application of a carbon tax to gasoline 
and other transportation fuels will have

 a dramatic1 immediate impact on        
transportation costs1 with the greatest 
impact being felt by low-income         
,americans and their families2 ,whereas 
a carbon tax is designed to result in   
substantial1 immediate increases in the 
price of electricity1 making electricity
 less affordable for millions of        
,americans2 ,whereas a carbon tax       
applicable to coal and natural gas      
electricity generation would be punitive
 and harmful to the ,american people by 
artificially raising electricity costs2 
,whereas1 with continuing high national 
joblessness and an unemployment rate    
exceeding #g4h percent every month since
 ,february #bjji1 a carbon tax will     
drive the unemployment rate even higher2
 ,whereas a carbon tax is likely to have
 an uneven effect1 hitting different    
regions of the country and segments of  
the economy much more severely than     
others2 ,whereas a carbon tax is        
regressive and will impose the greatest 
burden on low-income individuals and    

families who already spend the largest  
share of their income on energy and are 
least able to afford a carbon tax2      
,whereas economic modeling of           
,australia's recently implemented carbon
 tax shows that it increases energy     
costs1 and reduces growth in ,,gdp1     
productivity1 and household incomes2    
,whereas a carbon tax in the ,united    
,states will have no impact on ,china1  
,india1 and other major sources of      
carbon emissions throughout the world1  
except to increase their competitiveness
 with the ,united ,states2 and ,whereas 
a carbon tax will put ,united ,states   
exporters at a competitive disadvantage 
by increasing domestic manufacturing    
production costs3 ,now1 therefore1 be it
  ,that ,congress opposes ,federal      
efforts to establish a carbon tax on    
fuels for electricity and               
transportation4