mr. scalise, has discussed. as we move into the cap and trade debate, the cap and tax debate, if you will, where every analyst we have been able to read see this is as a pure form of taxation that the real underlying purpose of it is to raise more money for, i guess, social spending or perhaps single payer nationalized health care spending. i'm not sure. but the net effect of that is just what we have seen with the incubator we call spain, and that is cap and tax has been in play there for 10 years and what has been the net result? well, today the unemployment rate in spain is 17.5%. as mr. scalise mentioned, for every job that's been gained in so-called green job, again i'll get to that in a moment as to what a green job i think is supposed to be, there's been a loss of 2.2 real jobs. and i can assure you, mr. speaker, in the state of louisiana and surrounding states that the jobs that we have today that comes from the oil and gas industry are very significant jobs. they carry benefits. they carry pay easily in

mr. scalise. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. scalise: i would like to thank my colleague from alabama. i rise in opposition to this legislative appropriations bill. while i appreciate the work that's been done in putting this bill together, i think it's been a disservice to the american people that the amendments that were filed by so many members on our side to actually cut the growth of spending in this bill were not allowed to come to the floor and ruled out of order. i think it's a sad day when someone attempts to cut spending in a bill that in this case grows government by the size of 7% is ruled out of order and not allowed to be debated on this house floor. i think what's happening now and we saw this yesterday, there was a $64 billion piece of legislation that was brought before congress yesterday, which represent add 12% growth. 12% growth in government at a time when americans across the country are cutting their spending because we are living in tough economic times. there are some people in this leadership in congress

mr. scalise, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. scalise: thank you, madam chair. i want to thank the gentleman from texas for yielding. i stand here to strongly oppose this cap and trade national energy tax that's being proposed to be created here today. one of the things we heard is about jobs. let's talk about jobs. national association of manufacturers estimates the united states will lose three million to four million jobs if this bill becomes law. the president's own budget director has said american families will see a $1,200 increase per year on their electricity bill if this bill becomes law. that's the policies that they're trying to pass. that's the policy we are stanng up and opposing today. and if you look at the bill, let's talk about job loss. they have 55 pages in this bill dedicated to job losses. now, why would they put 55 pages in the bill dedicated to job losses if they didn't think this was going to lose jobs and run those jobs over to china and india? and the real irony is for those who think that we need to red

mr. scalise. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. scalise: thank you, madam speaker. i rise in opposition to this rule. this is a massive energy tax on the backs of the american people all across this country. all estimates show millions of jobs will be lost by this cap and trade energy tax. every household family will see an increase in their utility bills. we brought amendments, last night, to protect american jobs. they ruled every one of those amendments out of order. we brought amendments to protect american families from having their utility bills increased. they ruled every one of those amendments out of order. what is speaker pelosi and this liberal leadership trying to hide from the american people? we should have an open, honest debate on this bill. it's a bad bill and rule. i urge rejection of the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. ms. matsui: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california. ms. matsui: my speaker has arrived and i'd like to yield one minute to the gentl