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Jun162010
GOP Angered By Obama's Oval Office Call For Energy Reform
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 11:57AM
Republicans are frustrated with President Barack Obama for including a call for energy reform in his Oval Office address Tuesday evening.
“President Obama should not exploit this crisis to impose a job-killing national energy tax on struggling families and small businesses," Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio) said in a statement released shortly after the remarks.
Tea Party darling Marco Rubio, who is running against Florida Governor Charlie Crist for the state's Senate seat, issued a similar statement expressing unease with the President's emphasis on energy policy.
"it is ... my hope that the President will not take his focus off the Gulf Oil Spill to push a cap-and-trade national energy tax," Rubio said.
In the hours prior to the speech, a number of those on the right warned the White House to side-step the energy topic.
"With all due respect to the White House, ... our waters in the gulf are far more important than the status of the Democrats' legislative agenda," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday during an appearance on the Senate floor.
“President Obama should not exploit this crisis to impose a job-killing national energy tax on struggling families and small businesses," Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio) said in a statement released shortly after the remarks.
Tea Party darling Marco Rubio, who is running against Florida Governor Charlie Crist for the state's Senate seat, issued a similar statement expressing unease with the President's emphasis on energy policy.
"it is ... my hope that the President will not take his focus off the Gulf Oil Spill to push a cap-and-trade national energy tax," Rubio said.
In the hours prior to the speech, a number of those on the right warned the White House to side-step the energy topic.
"With all due respect to the White House, ... our waters in the gulf are far more important than the status of the Democrats' legislative agenda," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday during an appearance on the Senate floor.
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