'Monstrous Tax'

" we have breaking news right now back to our Fox News alert the Democrats on the energy committee. Taking a very big step forward this morning on a bull the climate bill it's a proposal that would cut greenhouse gases. By some 20%. To industries across the country as senator James inhofe -- Republican from Oklahoma he's the ranking member on the Senate environment and public works committee. Senator and -- welcome it's good to have you here I know that there's been a lot of attention on your committee. Between whether or not this bill gonna get pushed through and that Republicans had been boycotting the discussion on this bill because they didn't wanna hear anything. In that -- about cap and trade what happened this morning."

" Well you're right -- news -- that this is now happened. Barbara Boxer chairs the committee when Republicans were majority I was determined. What we have done -- seven Republicans on the committee say we're not gonna pass this huge bill this to be the largest tax increase in the history of America. Not -- out of committee until we had in EPA analysis we've requested an opportune moment. And they're waiting to do it that they were given the go ahead I actually conclude that they don't want the public you know on the committee this thing's gonna. So they'd instantly that's never been done in the history that they passed a bill out with out one member of the minority without one Republican. You know it Martha let's keep in mind all the town hall meetings when it through. That was about health care but that was also about this global warming monsters attacked and hey this is. It's it's an unprecedented in out of the the ability did by the what one Democrat voted against it that -- next about it right from Montana. He's also the chairman of the finance committees that -- did."

" Okay let let's attack about of the a couple of things here and and one is the whole idea of you know an energy bill. And what senator boxer is saying is that she couldn't believe that there were empty chairs there that the Republicans are coming to the table. You guys are gonna be accused of not coming in there not trying to hammer something out with them that would be a positive for energy in this country and -- nothing that might include. Drilling off of -- stores parent perhaps you know new nuclear plants in the country think that Republicans have to have been wanting to see happen for a long time. Martha."

" That's just not true that's what that's what they're gonna say. It is those individuals Barbara Boxer the Democrat that keep us from drilling offshore keep us from developing your own. After resource we we have more reserved. Did any other country in the world that the politicians who let -- develop 83% -- that's the problem. At this bill doesn't relieve that at all so this is not an energy bill this they cap and trade bill that that he taxi."

" You know I'm a most of us don't buy it by 8% of the larger issue of of tackling -- taking that's not right now -- trying to push this through the committee as we saw this morning. I am looking at what it was just sent me a little while ago up from senator Rockefeller who of course has been very much in favor of among other things the public option in the health care reform -- And -- says this is senator Rockefeller and I know you're you're aware that he says that the question is do people think that we're tending to that things that they care about. I had he was leaving a meeting of senate leaders -- expressed a palpable concern that Democrats are pursuing health care. And climate change and that the thing that really matter to voters right now is the focus on finding and keeping jobs."

" No that's exactly right in and my state of Oklahoma we we are an important it's not as bad as many states that. Jobs that -- right now what we should be doing is passing me. Highway bill -- they'll get construction going start getting jobs. Moving. Instead of all these ideological things. In this case global warming. So it's anyway I'd really honestly believe that this is history in the making right now but it never happened before. I can't see anywhere in the world that Harry Reid gonna bring this bill. It had its hand him."

" In just a fact pepper -- before we leave you what are you saying has never happened before and it just happened."

" What has happened was they passed a bill out of the environment public works committee without Lynn. Minority that Republican. -- so that's never you're supposed to have to minorities could pass a bill to the floor from the committee."

" They passed. A lot attention over the climate change bill this morning on Capitol Hill jeans and have very good to have you with us for this breaking news story is there."