Sen. Brown: Climate Change Bill Could Threaten Manufacturing Industry, U.S. Economy

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) says that since manufacturing industry is an integral part of the U.S. economy, if threats posed to the industry by the American Clean Air and Security Act are not handled correctly, it could lead to economic decline. (0:12)
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Sen. Brown: Climate Bill Must Address Manufacturing Industry

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said the American Clean Air and Security Act will not make it through the Senate if harmful economic consequences facing the manufacturing industry are not addressed. The American Clean Air and Security Act would put a cap on greenhouse emissions and levy a tax on carbon. (0:07)

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G-20 Summit Will Be Warm Up For Upcoming Copenhagen Environmental Conference, Says Former Senator

Former Senator Tim Wirth (D-Colo.) speaks about the upcoming opportunity to "launch the most dynamic period in financial history" at the upcoming G-20 Summit. Wirth notes that Japan, India and China have both made severe changes to their economies and the renewable energy realm. (0:59)
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Congressman Gregg Harper: Should be called cap and tax instead of cap and trade

Congressman Gregg Harper (R-Miss.) talks with TRNS correspondent Christina Lovato at the 2009 House Republican Radio & Blog Row about how middle-class families and small businesses are having to make sacrifices in their budget for bailouts, the G-20 summit and how the U.S. is seeing the highest level of borrowing ever. Harper believes the biggest issue we are going to have is what to do about cap and trade. (06:35)
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The G-20 summit: Science Fiction?

by Christina Lovato, University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News Service

Today at a discussion titled, “The Implications of the G-20 Summit for the Political Sovereignty and Economic Freedom of the United States,” Jeremy Rabkin, a Professor of law at George Mason University School of Law said that the G-20 group is science fiction. “The majority of these countries are poor and somewhat chaotic. The idea that your going to propose a elaborate system of global controls and China will say yeah good idea we really want people to come into our country and monitor how we do our regulation. I think its fantastical,” Rabkin said. (01:45)

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Foster: Barney Frank is not going to give up power to the French

by Christina Lovato, University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News Service


Today at a discussion titled, “The Implications of the G-20 Summit for the Political Sovereignty and Economic Freedom of the United States,” J.D. Foster, a senior fellow in the economics of fiscal policy at the Thomas Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies of the Heritage Foundation, spoke about the upcoming G-20 summit in April and how France's President, Nicolas Sarkozy is suggesting that Europe take the lead of the country and the United States follow. Foster said that Barney Frank (D-Mass.) would not allow that to happen. (01:09)
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