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H. C. R. No. 25 As Introduced
As Introduced
| 128th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2009-2010 |
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Representatives Jordan, Snitchler
Cosponsors:
Representatives Adams, J., Adams, R., Amstutz, Batchelder, Blair, Bubp, Combs, Evans, Grossman, Hackett, Hall, Huffman, Jones, Maag, Martin, Morgan, Oelslager, Stautberg, Uecker, Wachtmann, Wagner, Zehringer
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
| To urge the Congress of the United States to refuse
to enact cap and trade legislation that would
negatively impact Americans by increasing the
costs of goods and services and instead enact
legislation that encourages states to establish
and develop their own renewable energy portfolio
standards.
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE SENATE CONCURRING):
| WHEREAS, President Barack Obama has proposed legislation to
the United States Congress to implement a cap and trade emissions
trading system that would establish a cap on greenhouse gas
emissions, require those who emit greenhouse gases to purchase
government credits to offset emissions, and allow those emitters
to trade or sell those credits; and |
| WHEREAS, Companies that are required to participate in the
cap and trade program will ultimately pass the cost of
participation in the program on to consumers. The Congressional
Budget Office estimates that price increases resulting from a 15%
cut in greenhouse gas emissions would cost the average household
between 1.7% to 3.3% of its after-tax income every year, with
households in the bottom fifth of the income scale losing the
largest share of income; and |
| WHEREAS, The combustion of coal produces more than 50% of the
electricity generated in the United States, with Ohio receiving
more than 85% of its electricity from coal. Thus, the cap and
trade program will result in massive increases in energy costs for
all consumers because the cost to produce electricity from coal
will be markedly higher. The increased energy costs will
disproportionally impact states in the middle part of the United
States such as Ohio that are more reliant on coal. The
Congressional Budget Office has acknowledged that these increases
in energy costs will effectively act as a regressive tax affecting
every household in the nation, with a disproportionate effect on
poorer families; and |
| WHEREAS, The proposed cap and trade plan will make Ohio less
attractive to businesses and further damage Ohio's ability to
attract and retain jobs in manufacturing and other sectors of the
economy. Ohio needs to position itself as a state that is
welcoming to industry and does not act in a manner that is
detrimental to its current and future employers; and |
| WHEREAS, The cap and trade program as proposed will result
not only in a
massive windfall of hundreds of billions of dollars
for the
federal government through the sale of emissions credits,
but also
in the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs. The
program
ultimately will not result in the overall global decrease
of
greenhouse gas emissions because those industries that emit
greenhouse gas, if they are able to do so, will merely relocate to
countries with less
stringent standards and continue to operate,
and those countries are not poised to cap their carbon emissions;
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| WHEREAS, Any proposed new environmental or energy legislation
enacted by Congress should promote and encourage new technologies
such as zero-emission advanced nuclear power, biomass energy, fuel
cells, and
clean coal with carbon capture and sequestration with
a goal to
bring such technologies to market as quickly as
possible. The
regulatory, liability, and legal barriers that
prevent these
technologies from being commercialized and deployed
should be
addressed before any cap is imposed on greenhouse gas
emissions;
now therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 128th General Assembly
of the State of Ohio, in adopting this resolution, urge the
Congress of the United States to refuse to enact cap and
trade
legislation that would negatively impact Americans by increasing
the costs of goods and services and instead enact legislation that
encourages states to establish and develop their own renewable
energy portfolio standards; and
be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives
transmit duly
authenticated copies of this resolution to the
Speaker and Clerk
of the United States House of Representatives,
the President Pro
Tempore and Secretary of the United States
Senate, the members of
the Ohio Congressional delegation, and the
news media of Ohio. |
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