
Dear Members of Congress,
We oppose any carbon tax. A carbon tax raises the cost of heating your home in the winter and cooling your home in the summer. It raises the cost of filling your car. A carbon tax increases the cost of everything Americans buy and lowers Americans’ effective take home pay. A carbon tax increases the power, cost, and intrusiveness of the government in our lives.
Sincerely,
Grover Norquist President, Americans for Tax Reform
James L. Martin, Founder/Chairman Saulius “Saul” Anuzis, President 60 Plus Association
John Droz Jr. Physician and Founder, Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions (AWED)
Marty Connors Chair, Alabama Center Right Coalition
Mead Treadwell Former Lt. Governor, State of Alaska Chair, Alaska Center-Right Meeting
Dick Patten President, American Business Defense Council
Phil Kerpen President, American Commitment
Thomas Pyle President, American Energy Alliance
Brent Wm. Gardner Chief Government Affairs Officer, Americans for Prosperity
Lisa B. Nelson CEO, ALEC Action
Ted Tripp Sr. Political Reporter, The Boston Broadside Center-Right Leader, Massachusetts
Hayden Ludwig Investigative Researcher, Capital Research Center
David T. Stevenson Policy Director, Caesar Rodney Institute (Delaware)
Garrett Ballengee Executive Director, Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy
Matthew Kandrach President, Consumer Action for a Strong Economy
Ryan Ellis Center for a Free Economy
Andrew F. Quinlan President, Center for Freedom and Prosperity
Craig D. Idso, Ph.D. Chairman, Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change
Olivia Grady Senior Fellow, Center for Worker Freedom
Isaac Orr Policy Fellow, Center of the American Experiment (Minnesota)
Tom Schatz President, Citizens Against Government Waste
Chuck Muth President, Citizen Outreach (Nevada)
David McIntosh President, Club for Growth
Craig Rucker President, Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow
Gordon Tomb Sr. Fellow, Commonwealth Foundation (Pennsylvania)
Myron Ebell Director, Center for Energy and Environment, Competitive Enterprise Institute
Katie McAuliffe Executive Director, Digital Liberty
Robert Roper President, Ethan Allen Institute (Vermont)
Matt Patterson Executive Director, Free California
Annette Meeks CEO, Freedom Foundation of Minnesota
George Landrith President, Frontiers of Freedom
Adam Brandon President, FreedomWorks
Victor Riches President & CEO, Goldwater Institute (Arizona)
Rodolfo E. Milani Trustee, HACER.org Founder, Miami Freedom Forum
Aaron Stover Director of Federal Government/Corporate Relations, The Heartland Institute
Mario H. Lopez President, Hispanic Leadership Fund
Jon Coupal President, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (California)
Amy Oliver Cooke Executive Vice President, Independence Institute (Colorado)
Carrie Lukas President, Independent Women’s Forum
Heather R. Higgins CEO, Independent Women’s Voice
Chris Ingstad President, Iowans for Tax Relief
Becky Norton Dunlop Assistant Secretary of the Interior (88-89)
Sal Nuzzo Vice President of Policy, James Madison Institute (Florida)
Brett Healy President, The John K. MacIver Institute (Wisconsin)
Becki Gray Senior Vice President, John Locke Foundation (North Carolina)
Dave Trabert President, Kansas Policy Institute
Daniel Garza President, The Libre Initiative
Hon. Mary Adams Chair, Maine Center-Right Coalition
Heather Sirocki Outreach Specialist, Maine First Project
Dr. Jameson Taylor Mississippi Center for Public Policy
Brent Mead CEO, Montana Policy Institute
Tim Jones Chair, Missouri Center-Right Coalition Former Speaker, Missouri House of Representatives
Steven Stepanek Former Chairman, New Hampshire Ways and Means Committee Co-Chair, New Hampshire Center-Right Meeting
William O’Brien Former Speaker, New Hampshire House of Representatives Co-Chair, New Hampshire Center-Right Meeting
David Miller Chair, Southwest Ohio Center Right
Representative Niraj J. Antani The Ohio House of Representatives
Douglas Kellogg Executive Director, Ohioans for Tax Reform
Jeff Kropf President, Oregon Capitol Watch Foundation
Wayne Winegarden, Ph.D. Sr. Fellow, Business & Economics, Pacific Research Institute (California)
Daniel Erspamer President, Pelican Institute for Public Policy (Louisiana)
Lorenzo Montanari Executive Director, Property Rights Alliance
Ralph Benko Founder, The Prosperity Caucus
Derrick Hollie President, Reaching America
Mike Stenhouse CEO, Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity
Paul Gessing President, Rio Grande Foundation (New Mexico)
Bette Grande CEO, Roughrider Policy Center (North Dakota)
Ralph Benko Editor, Supply-Side Blog Founder, The Prosperity Caucus
Hon. Paula G. Sutton Former State Representative, Maine House of Representatives
Rick Watson Chair, Tallahassee-Florida Center-Right Coalition
Jason Williams Executive Director and Founder, Taxpayer Association of Oregon
David Williams President, Taxpayers Protection Alliance
Judson Phillips Founder, Tea Party Nation
Hon. Jason Isaac Senior Manager and Distinguished Fellow of Life, Texas Public Policy Foundation
Christian N. Braunlich President, Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy (Virginia)
Brian G. Valentine Associate Professor of Engineering, University of Maryland