As the House debate heated up, so did the hyperbole.
10) "Wake up, America. There hasn't been any global warming, which is what we heard over and over and over again – there hasn't been any global warming for 10 years." – Rep. Dana Rohrabacker (R-CA)
9) "You want to talk about a massive new welfare program for energy? It's in here too… It's a whole new welfare program for energy." – Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR)
8) "God has put us on this Earth as responsible stewards of these resources, and we ought to use them responsibly.
7) "Energy producing states like Oklahoma will be economically punished and devastated."
6) "We should not be the first lemming to jump off the cliff." – Rep. Doc Hasting (R-WA)
5) "[For some, this bill is an] economic death sentence." – Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA)
4) "The whole point of cap-and-trade is to make fossil fuels, or 85 percent of the energy we consume
3) "Do you want to throw away the economic prosperity
2) "[This will bring us back to] hunting and gathering.
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