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Murkowski comments on release of Boxer-Kerry bill

September 30, 2009
03:52 PM
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                 CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009                                              or ANNE JOHNSON (202) 224-7875                                   
Sen. Murkowski’s Comments on Boxer-Kerry Cap-and-Trade Bill  
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today made the following comments on the introduction of the Boxer-Kerry cap-and-trade bill:
 
“Right now health care reform is taking center stage, the Senate Finance Committee is marking up the bill and rejecting the massive costs associated with it, yet the Boxer-Kerry climate bill is like déjà vu when we look at how much it costs,” Murkowski said. “Once again we are given a massive bill with massive costs.”
 
“We must determine how to balance environmental progress with economic growth,” Murkowski said.  “Our economy is already struggling, now is not the time to enact a bill that impose financial burdens that extent of which we don’t know for sure.”
 
“After spending 8 months working on this bill, what is most striking about it is what isn’t in it - the lack of detail and the many placeholders,” Murkowski said.
 
“We’ve got to be honest with ourselves if we are truly going to decrease emissions,” Murkowski said.  “Nuclear energy must be a part of our energy mix if we are going to do so.”
 
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For further information, please contact Robert Dillon at 202.224.6977 or Robert_dillon@energy.senate.gov or Anne Johnson at 202.224.7875 or anne_johnson@energy.senate.gov.