Kagen Hawk For 2010 June 28,2009

From The Appleton Post Crescent.

More quotes from Steve Kagen for the 2010 election. For the right real conservative candidate this is like Christmas morning. The gifts just keep coming.

"Rep. Steve Kagen, D- Appleton, one of a group of wavering Democrats summoned to the White House on Thursday for some last-minute lobbying, voted for the measure. Kagen said his concerns had been addressed.

"We have clearly defined biomass," Kagen said, referring one renewable energy source in the bill that would require utilities to produce 20 percent of their electricity through alternative sources or increased efficiency. "And it puts some teeth in to help balance our trade deficit."

Kagen said the final bill will benefit Wisconsin in that it will "save some paper mill jobs and create new jobs in the area of renewable energy" and reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil." U.S. Rep. Steve Kagen of Appleton backs while U.S. Rep. Tom Petri opposes climate change bill | Postcrescent.com | Appleton Post-Crescent

So the utilities will absorb their higher cost Mr Kagen?

Answer NO!

It will save paper mill jobs?

Answer, NO! The real question is how many more paper mills will close and how many people will loose their jobs Mr Kagen!

It will reduce our dependence of foreign oil?
Answer, NO! It will increase imports while we sit on our own oil in our own country Mr Kagen!

Good Lord, what has this man done to our state and our country?

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After the fact. I thought I should post the whole article below. Reason being if theAPC deletes their article in the heat of the election next year at least Kagen cannot say someone misquoted him!

U.S. Rep. Steve Kagen of Appleton backs while U.S. Rep. Tom Petri opposes climate change bill

Obama implores Senate to pass landmark bill

By Charles Babington • Associated Press writer • June 28, 2009

WASHINGTON — Hours after the House passed landmark legislation meant to curb greenhouse gas emissions and create an energy-efficient economy, President Barack Obama on Saturday urged senators to show courage and follow suit.

The sharply debated bill's fate is unclear in the Senate, and Obama used his weekly radio and Internet address to ratchet up pressure on the 100-seat chamber.

"My call to every senator, as well as to every American, is this," he said. "We cannot be afraid of the future. And we must not be prisoners of the past. Don't believe the misinformation out there that suggests there is somehow a contradiction between investing in clean energy and economic growth."

Obama said the bill would create jobs, make renewable energy profitable and decrease America's dependence on foreign oil.

"It will spur the development of low-carbon sources of energy — everything from wind, solar and geothermal power to safer nuclear energy and cleaner coal," he said.

Wisconsin's House members voted along party lines Friday on the legislation, which passed 219-212.

Rep. Steve Kagen, D- Appleton, one of a group of wavering Democrats summoned to the White House on Thursday for some last-minute lobbying, voted for the measure. Kagen said his concerns had been addressed.

"We have clearly defined biomass," Kagen said, referring one renewable energy source in the bill that would require utilities to produce 20 percent of their electricity through alternative sources or increased efficiency. "And it puts some teeth in to help balance our trade deficit."

Kagen said the final bill will benefit Wisconsin in that it will "save some paper mill jobs and create new jobs in the area of renewable energy" and reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil.

The sweeping House climate bill would limit the pollution blamed for global warming with, among other measures, a controversial market-based system for trading pollution allowances.