Congressman Tom Price (R-GA) issued the following statement after President Obama’s Energy Adviser Carol Browner admitted on today’s Meet the Press that the Administration believes a lame duck session of Congress could be an opportunity to pass the Democrats’ national energy tax legislation. According to Roll Call, “Browner went on to say an energy proposal could ‘potentially’ come up in the lame-duck session.”

“The Administration and its allies on Capitol Hill ought to stop compounding the uncertainty in our economy by threatening to raise taxes on families and small businesses,” said Congressman Price. “This week the House of Representatives should consider a resolution I have authored calling on Congress to commit not to come back for a lame duck session of Congress to pursue further unpopular items from the Democrats’ big government agenda. This will be a vote for Democrats to say whether or not they will respect the wishes of the American people – whether they mean to join Republicans in listening to American families or whether they will continue to govern against the will of those who sent them to Washington.”