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Smith: EPA Ruling a Blow to Texas Economy
Dec 17, 2009
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Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today joined House Republicans in criticizing the EPA’s recent “endangerment” ruling on carbon dioxide. The EPA’s ruling will strike a devastating blow on the already struggling American economy. Ranking Member Smith, along with his Republican...
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White House Admits ‘Cap and Tax’ to Cost Families $1,761 a Year
Sep 16, 2009
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According to a recent CBS News report, the “Obama administration has privately concluded that a cap and trade law would cost American taxpayers up to $200 billion a year, the equivalent of hiking personal income taxes by about 15 percent.” “We now have proof that the White House accepts behind close...
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Smith Opposes ‘Cap and Trade’
Jun 29, 2009
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Congressman Lamar Smith today opposed the Cap and Trade energy bill known as the “American Clean Energy and Security Act” and said it was really a tax on all Americans. “The bill is expected to raise energy costs on American families by as much as $1,600 a year according to the non-partisan Congress...
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Smith: ‘Cap and Tax’ Punishes Every American
Jun 4, 2009
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This week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee, lead by Chairman Waxman (D-CA), passed its 900-page energy bill, bringing the controversial “cap-and-trade” scheme, also known as “cap and tax”, one step closer to reality. Independent researchers, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, and t...
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ICYMI: S.A.’s Smith criticizes cap-and-trade
Jun 2, 2009
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In Case You Missed It… By David Hendricks Pending cap-and-trade energy legislation in Congress will be too expensive and will not curb carbon emissions enough, U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, said Monday during a Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Smith said the Congressional Bu...
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Smith: Authority to Expedite Border Fence Construction Upheld
Jun 23, 2008
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Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-TX) today issued the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision not to hear a challenge by environmental groups to the construction of a fence on the U.S.-Mexico border: “Today’s decision by the Supreme Court to uphold the right of th...
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Smith Obtains $300 K for Balcones Canyonlands
Jun 21, 2007
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Congressman Lamar Smith (R−TX) today announced that he has obtained $300,000 to help expand the boundaries of the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge. The funds were included in the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill that passed the Committee on Appropriations. ...
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San Antonio Congressmen Obtain $500 K to Improve SAWS
Jun 21, 2007
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Today several San Antonio Congressmen announced that they have obtained $500,000 for the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) to replace and expand the water and wastewater infrastructure. San Antonio has more than 9,000 miles of water and sewer mains buried below the 560 square miles that the SAWS serve...
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Smith Introduces Bipartisan Plug-In Hybrid Bill
Apr 30, 2007
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Congressman Lamar Smith (TX-21) and fellow Austin Congressman Michael McCaul (TX-10) today introduced bipartisan legislation for increasing the use of plug-in hybrid vehicles. The “Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Act of 2007” will encourage the production and create awareness of plug-in hybrid vehic...
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