Fox News - "Obama's Oil Spill Speech Turns to Energy Policy, Fueling Capitol Crossfire"

"Instead of leveraging this crisis to manufacture knee-jerk political support for cap-and-trade energy taxes, President Obama should focus on providing the people of the Gulf with real and honest solutions to this horrible environmental disaster that this administration has been slow in waking up to," Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said in a written statement.

Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., said Obama "is trying to exploit this disaster to pass his national energy tax."

"Stop exploiting this disaster to pass this cap-and-trade tax," he said.

The congressman was referring to the "cap-and-trade" legislation that Democrats have been trying to push through Congress since last year. After the House approved a version of the bill last June, the Senate has been sitting on the proposal while other issues like health care and financial regulation moved to the front of the legislative line.