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AND WE REDUCED ACID RAIN
FORMING GASES BY MORE THAN 30%.
MR. SPEAKER, DO YOU HAVE ANY
MORE TIME?
I WILL YIELD 30 ADDITIONAL
SECONDS TO THE GENTLEMAN.
IT WAS ACTUALLY 75%
LESS THAN WHAT E.P.A. HAD
ORIGINALLY PREDICTED, AND EVEN
FARTHER BELOW WHAT OPPONENTS
HAD CLAIMED.
IN THE CASE OF THE RULE FOR
BOILERS AND SOLID WASTE
INCINERATORS, E.P.A. ISSUED
PROPOSED STANDARDS IN APRIL OF
THIS YEAR, 11 YEARS AFTER THE
STATUTORY DEADLINE.
THEY LISTENED TO AFFECTED
BUSINESSES.
THEY CUT COMPLIANCE COST BY A
A MODIFIED
FINAL RULE IN FEBRUARY.
MR. SPEAKER, E.P.A. IS DOING
EVERYTHING THE LAW REQUIRES AND
THAT THE PUBLIC HEALTH
THIS --
HAS EXPIRED.
DEFEAT THIS BILL.
THANK YOU.
KENTUCKY IS RECOGNIZED.
AT THIS TIME I'D
LIKE TO YIELD TWO MINUTES TO
THE DISTINGUISHED LADY FROM
WASHINGTON STATE, MRS. MCMORRIS
RODGERS, A MEMBER OF THE ENERGY
AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE.
RECOGNIZED.
I THANK
THE GENTLEMAN FOR YIELDING AND
THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE.
MR. SPEAKER, I RISE TODAY IN
STRONG SUPPORT OF H.R. 22 50,
THE E.P.A. REGULATORY RELIEF
ACT OF 2011.
-- H.R. 22 50, THE E.P.A.
REGULATORY RELIEF ACT OF 2011.
WHEN UNPLAMENTE REMAINS HIGH,
CONGRESS SHOULD FOCUS ON
LEGISLATION THAT KEEPS AND
CREATES JOBS IN AMERICA, NOT
SUFFOCATE THEM OR SEND THEM
OVERSEAS.
AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR OF
THIS LEGISLATION, I KNOW IT
WILL DO JUST THAT.
LAST WEEK I WAS HOME IN EASTERN
WASHINGTON ON AN ENERGY AND
JOBS TOUR AND I MET WITH
CITIZENS AND SMALL BUSINESSES
AND JOB CREATORS.
AND WHETHER I WAS IN UP IN
COLVILLE OR IN SPOKANE, THE
MESSAGE IS CLEAR.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS
MANUFACTURE, HARDER TO PRODUCE,
HARDER TO INNOVATE ANYTHING IN
AMERICA.
THE ANXIETY AND UNCERTAINTY
CAUSED BY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT'S RECORD REGULATORY
OVERREACH IS DESTROYING ANY
CHANCE OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY.
LIKE THE OZONE STANDARD, THE
SIMPLE TRUTH IS THE TRUE
STRICTER BOILER MACT
REGULATIONS WILL HAVE A
ECONOMY.
THE E.P.A. ITSELF SAYS THAT
THESE RULES WILL COST THOUSANDS
OF JOBS.
INDEPENDENT STUDIES SAY UP TO
224,000 JOBS COULD BE LOST.
WASHINGTON.
THE PONDERING NEWS PRINT WILL
BE FORCED TO SPEND $8 MILLION
ON MANDATORY UPGRADES.
THAT'S $8 MILLION THAT CANNOT
BE SPENT ON RETAINING AND
CREATING JOBS.
THE E.P.A. REGULATORY RELIEF
ACT REQUIRES THE E.P.A. TO SET
REALISTIC, ACHIEVABLE,
FACT-BASED STANDARDS THAT WILL
NOT DESTROY JOBS WHILE STILL
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT.
I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT
THIS PRAGMATIC, COMMONSENSE
SOLUTION, AND I YIELD -- I
THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR
YIELDING AND YIELD BACK THE
THE GENTLELADY
YIELDS BACK.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY
RESERVES HIS TIME.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MASSACHUSETTS IS RECOGNIZED.
YES.
I YIELD THREE MINUTES TO THE
GENTLEMAN FROM MINNESOTA, MR.
ELLISON.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
THREE MINUTES.
LET ME THANK THE
GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS
SPEAKER.
YOU KNOW, MR. SPEAKER, A NUMBER
OF VERY PASSIONATE AND
WELL-INFORMED SPEAKERS HAVE
COME BEFORE THIS BODY TODAY TO
URGE A NO VOTE BASED ON FACTS,
BASED ON RESEARCH AND ALL THIS
IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND I'M
SO GLAD THEY DID IT.
BUT, MR. SPEAKER, FOR THE
PEOPLE WATCHING THIS DEBATE
TODAY, THEY NEED TO KNOW ONE
IS THAT THIS
LEGISLATION BOUGHT AND PAID FOR
BY INDUSTRY TO -- SO THAT
PEOPLE COULD TRY TO SAVE MONEY
AT THE EXPENSE OF PEOPLE'S
HEALTH AND THEIR LIVES AND THIS
TODAY.
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE TODAY IS
THAT INDUSTRY INTERESTS, BACKED
CANDIDATES WHO COME HERE TODAY
AND TO OFFER LEGISLATION THAT
WOULD ALLOW THE CEMENT
INDUSTRY, THE COAL FIRE
INDUSTRY, THE MACT -- THE
BOILER INDUSTRY USERS TO JUST
DUMP MERCURY AND OTHER JUNK
INTO THE AIR THAT MAKES YOU
SICK.
AND AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
JOBS, WHAT ABOUT A JOBS BILL
THAT COULD PUT AMERICANS TO
WORK AS OPPOSED TO JUST SAYING
WE'RE JUST GOING TO GET RID OF
ALL THE REGULATIONS IN AMERICA?
NO MORE -- WHAT IF WE JUST GOT
RID OF ALL THE REGULATIONS IN
WE WOULD BE SICKER, WE WOULD
DIE SOONER, WE WOULD BE MUCH
LESS OF A COUNTRY.
WHAT IF WE JUST SAID THAT WE'RE
GOING TO PUT THE HEALTH OF
AMERICANS UPFRONT?
WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY
INTRODUCE A JOBS BILL LIKE THE
AMERICAN JOBS ACT.
WHAT IF WE DID THOSE THINGS?
AMERICA WOULD BE BACK ON TRACK,
BUT MAYBE SOME OF THESE BIG
INDUSTRIAL POLLUTERS WILL BE A
LITTLE SADDER.
I SAY TODAY, MR. SPEAKER, THAT
THIS CONGRESS SHOULD REJECT THE
ATTACK ON AMERICANS' HEALTH.
IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS, WE
HAVE SEEN INDUSTRY POLLUTERS
FROM THE -- INDUSTRY THAT USES
THESE BOILERS, THE CEMENT
INDUSTRY AND THE COAL FIRED
POWER PLANT INDUSTRY JUST RUN
AMUCK ON THE PEOPLE'S HEALTH
AND WE HAVE YET TO SEE A SINGLE
JOBS BILL IN THE COURSE OF
250-PLUS DAYS AS THE MAJORITY
HAS BEEN IN THE HANDS OF THE
REPUBLICANS.
THIS IS A NATIONAL DISGRACE.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SAID THEY
WANTED JOBS.
THEY HAVEN'T GOT THEM.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SAID THEY
WANT TO BE WELL AND HEALTHY.
THEY HAVE SEEN ASSAULTS ON
THAT.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED TO BRING
THEIR ATTENTION TO, MR.
SPEAKER, AND I HOPE THAT PEOPLE
ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS
DEBATE BECAUSE IT IS CRITICAL
CLEAR WHOSE SIDE THE MAJORITY
SIDE IS ON.
INDUSTRY POLLUTERS, NOT THE
BACK.
THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS
BACK.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS IS
RECOGNIZED.
-- KENTUCKY IS RECOGNIZED.
I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THE GENTLEMAN SAYS BOUGHT
AND PAID FOR BY INDUSTRY.
I MIGHT SAY THAT THIS
LEGISLATION IS BEING OFFERED
BECAUSE HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS,
INDUSTRY, WIDE RANGE OF
INTERESTS HAVE COME TO US AND
ASKED FOR HELP.
AND THE INSINUATIONS THAT WE
WERE BOUGHT AND PAID FOR BY
INDUSTRY IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN
AFFRONT TO THIS INSTITUTION.
THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE
THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS, MR.
OLSON, A MEMBER OF THE ENERGY
MINUTES.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED FOR TWO
MINUTES.
I THANK THE CHAIRMAN
OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
MR. SPEAKER, PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
REGULATORY AGENDA BEING LED BY
THE E.P.A. IS GOING TO KILL THE
INDUSTRY.
MY FATHER SPENT HIS ENTIRE
CAREER IN THE PULP AND PAPER
INDUSTRY SO I KNOW FIRSTHAND
THAT IF THE MISGUIDED BOILER
MACT RULES ARE ALLOWED TO BE
IMPLEMENTED, 36 MILLS ACROSS
THIS COUNTRY WILL CLOSE AND
MORE THAN 80,000 JOBS WILL BE
LOST.
THESE JOBS WE LOST BECAUSE OF
THE E.P.A.'S FAILURE TO
UNDERSTAND THE BASICS OF HOW
THIS INDUSTRY WORKS.
THE INDUSTRY DOES NOT, DOES NOT
OPPOSE REASONABLE REGULATIONS.
THEY ARE JUST ASKING TO HAVE
REGULATIONS BASED ON SOUND
SCIENCE AND THAT CAN BE
ACHIEVED WITH TECHNOLOGY THAT'S
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE HERE IN THE
REAL WORLD.
MR. SPEAKER, WE NEED TO STOP
EXPORTING AMERICAN
MANUFACTURING JOBS.
I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE
YES ON H.R. 2250, THE E.P.A.
REGULATORY RELIEF ACT OF 2011,
TO CREATE AN IMMEDIATE POSITIVE
IMPACT ON AMERICAN JOBS AND THE
RECOVERY OF OUR ECONOMY.
YIELD BACK.
BACK.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY
RESERVES.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
YES, I YIELD MYSELF
ONE MINUTE AT THIS TIME.
YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAVE HERE
TODAY IS JUST ONE MORE EPISODE
IN WHAT IS A ONE YEAR
REPUBLICAN CONTROL OF THE
CONGRESS WHICH HAS SEEN A
LITANY OF INDUSTRIES THAT NO
LONGER WANT TO MAKE THE AIR
CLEANER, NO LONGER WANT TO MAKE
THE WATER SAFER TO DRINK.
COME OUT HERE ON THE HOUSE
FLOOR WITH REPUBLICAN
LEADERSHIP IN ORDER TO REPEAL
THE LAWS, TO WATER DOWN THE
LAWS, TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM
MERCURY, TO PROTECT CHILDREN
FROM CONTRACTING ASTHMA.
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
E.P.A. USED TO STAND FOR THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY.
NOW IT STANDS FOR EVERY
POLLUTER'S ALLY OUT HERE.
THEY ALL COME OUT HERE AND THEY
WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE LAWS
ARE WATERED DOWN.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING.
THAT'S WHAT DEMOCRATS ARE
FIGHTING HERE.
WE'RE FIGHTING TO ENSURE THAT
THE WATER STAYS CLEAN, THAT THE
AIR STAYS SAFE TO BREATHE, AND
THE BOILER INDUSTRY IS SAYING,
NO, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MERCURY
THAT GETS SENT UP INTO THE AIR.
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MERCURY THAT
GOES INTO THE LIVES OF CHILDREN
IN OUR COUNTRY, AND WE'RE GOING
TO FIGHT THAT.
TIME.
RESERVES.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY IS
YES.
I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE
GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS
THAT THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER
OF DEMOCRATS ON THIS
LEGISLATION.
AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO
RECOGNIZE -- YIELD TO THE
GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA, MR.
HERGER, TWO MINUTES.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
CALIFORNIA IS RECOGNIZED.
MR. SPEAKER, I RISE
IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 2250, WHICH
WILL PROTECT AMERICAN JOBS FROM
THE E.P.A.'S UNNECESSARY AND
ECONOMICALLY DESTRUCTIVE BOILER
MACT REGULATIONS.
AT THIS TIME OF HIGH
UNEMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC
HARDSHIP, THE E.P.A. WANTS TO
REQUIRE COSTLY RETROFITTING
BOILERS THAT SMALL BUSINESSES,
ENERGY PLANTS, SCHOOLS AND
CHURCHES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
AND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS I
REPRESENT AND ACROSS THE
THIS REGULATION IS ANOTHER
EXAMPLE OF THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION'S STANDING IN
THE WAY OF JOB GROWTH.
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
276 PAGES OF
FEDERAL REGULATION COULD
ELIMINATE AS MANY AS 60,000
U.S. JOBS NATIONWIDE.
THE E.P.A.'S OWN FACT SHEET
SAYS THAT IMPLEMENTING THESE
RULES WILL COST MORE THAN $5
BILLION.
IN AUGUST OF 2010, THE SMALL
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
EXPLICITLY WARNED THE E.P.A.
THAT THESE REGULATIONS WERE TOO
EXTREME AND WOULD HARM SMALL
BUSINESSES.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE E.P.A. DID
NOT HEED THIS WARNING.
IN ADDITION, THE BOILER
REGULATION WILL IMPOSE
SUBSTANTIAL AND UNNECESSARY
COSTS FOR AMERICANS TO USE
BIOMASS ENERGY, AN ESSENTIAL
PART OF JOB GROWTH IN THE
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA DISTRICT I
REPRESENT.
BIOMASS IS A CLEAN AND
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE THAT
COULD HELP INCREASE OUR ENERGY
SUPPLIES AND MANAGE OUR
OVERGROWN AND FIRE-PRONE
FORESTS WHILE CREATED
MUCH-NEEDED JOBS.
I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT
THIS LEGISLATION TO PROTECT
JOBS AND ENSURE THAT THIS
COSTLY REGULATION DOES NOT GO
INTO EFFECT.
I YIELD BACK.
THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS
THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY
RESERVES HIS TIME.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MASSACHUSETTS IS RECOGNIZED.
AGAIN, I WOULD ASK
THE CHAIR IF WE COULD REVIEW
AGAIN HOW MUCH TIME IS
REMAINING?
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MASSACHUSETTS HAS 1 3/4
MINUTES.
AND HOW MUCH TIME
DOES MAJORITY HAVE?
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
KENTUCKY HAS NINE MINUTES.
NINE MINUTES.
SO IF THE GENTLEMAN FROM
KENTUCKY WOULD NOT MIND, WE
WILL RESERVE UNTIL THE
GENTLEMAN HAS -- MR. WHITFIELD:
AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO
RECOGNIZE THE GENTLEMAN FROM
TENNESSEE, DR. ROE, FOR THREE
MINUTES.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
TENNESSEE IS RECOGNIZED FOR
THREE MINUTES.
THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIRMAN.
I THANK THE CHAIRMAN FOR
YIELDING.
LEGISLATION.
WE CANNOT AFFORD TO ENFORCE THE
PROPOSED MACT REGULATIONS
ESPECIALLY WHEN UNEMPLOYMENT
EXCEEDS 9%.
THESE NEW BURDENSOME
REGULATIONS WILL RESULT IN THE
LOSS OF 8,400 JOBS IN
TENNESSEE.
WHEN WILL THIS ADMINISTRATION
LEARN THAT FURTHER BURDENING
THE JOB CREATORS DOES NOT
CREATE JOBS?
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF
FAILED LEADERSHIP AND IT IS OUR
DUTY TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO
ENSURE THE E.P.A. DOES NOT
CONTINUE DOWN THE SAME PATH
THAT WILL ONLY LEAD TO JOB
THE NEW RULES AFFECT
APPROXIMATELY 200,000 BOILERS.
THEY BURN NATURAL GAS, REFINERY
GAS, OR OTHER GAS TO PRODUCE
STEAM WHICH IS USED TO GENERATE
ELECTRICITY OR PROVIDE HEAT FOR
OTHER INDUSTRIAL OR I.N.S.
TUELINGSAL FACILITIES OR
SCHOOLS.
THIS WILL ESPECIALLY AFFECT THE
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK AND
AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY.
AGRICULTURE ACCOUNTS FOR MORE
THAN 950,000 JOBS, BOTH ON AND
OFF THE FARM.
A LARGE PORTION OF THE AMERICAN
ECONOMY.
IN TENNESSEE 13.8% OF THE WORK
FORCE IS EMPLOYED IN
AGRICULTURE.
THESE JOBS WOULD -- WE CANNOT
AFFORD THE GOVERNMENT'S
OVERREACH.
REPLACING COAL-FIRED BOILERS
WITH NATURAL GAS, THERE IS NO
DOUBT THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR
ECONOMY WOULD SUFFER.
OR CONSIDER EASTMAN CHEMICAL, A
HEADQUARTERED IN MY DISTRICT.
EASTMAN GENERATES $6.9 BILLION
IN REVENUE AND EMPLOYS OVER
11,000 TENNESSEANS.
THERE IS NO DOUBT THESE NEW
REGULATIONS WOULD NEGATIVELY
IMPACT THEIR BUSINESS, THE
EFFECTS OF WHICH THEY ESTIMATE
FOR THEIR COMPANY ALONE WOULD BE
IN THE TENS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS.
IN FACT, BOILER MACT REGULATIONS
COULD COST THE MANUFACTURING
SECTOR OVER $14 BILLION IN
CAPITAL PLUS BILLIONS MORE IN
ANNUAL OPERATING COSTS.
COMPLYING WITH THE INCINERATOR
STANDARDS COULD COST EVEN
AS THE E.P.A. HAS ACKNOWLEDGED,
RULE FOR FINALIZED WITH
SERIOUS FLAWS BECAUSE THE E.P.A.
WAS FORCED TO MEET A STRICT
COURT ORDERED DEADLINE.
THIS COMMONSENSE LEGISLATION
DOES NOT REPEAL THE RULES.
IT SIMPLY ALLOWS TIME TO COME UP
WITH A PLAN TO SUPPORT CLEAN AIR
EFFORTS WITHOUT MORE BURDENSOME
REGULATION ON JOB CREATORS.
I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT
THIS IMPORTANT LEGISLATION AND
YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY
TIME.
MASSACHUSETTS IS RECOGNIZED.
I YIELD 30 SECONDS
TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM -- MAY I
INSTEAD JUST RESERVE THE
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MASSACHUSETTS RESERVES HIS TIME.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY IS
AT THIS TIME I'D
LIKE TO YIELD TWO MINUTES TO THE
MEMBER OF THE ENERGY AND
COMMERCE COMMITTEE, MR. SCALISE.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MINUTES.
SPEAKER.
I WANT TO THANK THE GENTLEMAN
FROM KENTUCKY FOR YIELDING.
I REALLY WANT TO THANK HIM FOR
BRINGING THIS JOBS BILL TO THE
HOUSE FLOOR.
THIS LEGISLATION, THIS E.P.A.
REGULATORY REFORM BILL, IS
CRITICAL TO SAVING TENS OF
THOUSANDS, OVER 100,000 JOBS IN
AMERICA THAT ARE AT RISK IF THE
E.P.A. IS ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH
YET ANOTHER RAD --RD CAL
REGULATION THEY ARE TRYING TO
WHEN I TALK TO OUR JOB CREATORS,
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, THE
PEOPLE STRUGGLING IN THIS
ECONOMY, BUT THEY STILL WANT TO
CREATE JOBS, I ASK THEM WHAT ARE
THE THINGS HOLDING YOU BACK FROM
CREATING JOBS?
FROM HAVING YOUR BUSINESS GROW
SO THAT MORE PEOPLE CAN HAVE
GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO LIVE THE
AMERICAN DREAM?
THERE IS A CONSISTENT THEME THAT
THEY ALL SAY.
THAT IS IT IS THE REGULATIONS
COMING OUT OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
COMING OUT OF THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION, THAT ARE THE
PRIME REASON THAT IS HOLDING
THEM BACK FROM CREATING GOOD
JOBS IN THIS COUNTRY.
OF COURSE WE HAVE SEEN IN
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA, AND WE'VE
GOT TOUGH TIMES, YOU GO ALL
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND YOU
SEE THE SAME THING.
AND YOU JUST LOOK AT THE
NUMBERS.
FROM OUTSIDE GROUPS THAT HAVE
ACTUALLY TRIED TO FIGURE OUT
JUST HOW DEVASTATING THE IMPACT
WOULD BE OF JUST THIS BOILER
REGULATION IF IT WERE TO GO IN
EFFECT BY THE E.P.A.
OVER 1,500 BOILERS ACROSS THIS
COUNTRY ARE AT RISK.
AND YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT OVER
230,000 JOBS.
AND JUST LOOK AT SOME OF THE
STATES.
THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, THE
STATE OF INDIANA, THE STATE OF
OHIO, MICHIGAN, PENNSYLVANIA,
EACH OF THOSE STATES WILL LOOSE
OVER -- LOSE OVER 10,000 JOBS IF
THIS RADICAL E.P.A. REGULATION
GOES INTO EFFECT.
THE PRESIDENT'S RUNNING AROUND
THE COUNTRY SAYING PASS THIS
HE WAS SAYING PASS THE BILL
BEFORE HE EVEN FILED THE BILL.
YET HERE'S AN ACTUAL BILL ON THE
FLOOR OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES THAT WILL SAVE
OVER 230,000 JOBS THAT WILL BE
AND YET THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO
RAM THROUGH THIS RADICAL
LEGISLATION ANYWAY IN SPITE OF
WILL BE LOST.
I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
THEY ARE SAYING SANITY NEEDS TO
BE REINVOKED IN WASHINGTON IN
THIS ADMINISTRATION.
STOP RUNNING JOBS OUT OF THE
COUNTRY.
LET'S PUT COMMON SENSE REFORMS
IN PLACE.
THIS BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION DOES
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND I
YIELD BACK.
THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS
BACK.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY
RESERVES THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME
OF THE THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MASSACHUSETTS IS RECOGNIZED.
I YIELD 30 SECONDS
TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA,
MR. MORAN.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
VIRGINIA IS RECOGNIZED FOR 30
SPEAKER.
I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR HIS
LEADERSHIP.
I WOULD LIKE TO QUOTE BRUCE
BARTLETT WHO WAS THE ECONOMICS
ADVISOR TO BOTH PRESIDENT RONALD
REAGAN AND PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W.
HE SAID THIS IN AN ARTICLE IN
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" THIS WEEK,
IN QUOTES, ON AUGUST 29 THE
HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER, ERIC
CANTOR OF VIRGINIA, SENT A
MEMORANDUM TO MEMBERS OF THE
HOUSE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
TELLING THEM TO MAKE THE REPEAL
OF JOB DESTROYING REGULATIONS
THE KEY POINT IN THE REPUBLICAN
JOBS AGENDA.
BUT EVIDENCE SUPPORTING MR.
CANTOR'S CONTENTION THAT
DEREGULATION WOULD INCREASE
UNEMPLOYMENT IS VERY WEAK.
KENTUCKY IS RECOGNIZED.
MAY I ASK HOW
MUCH TIME WE HAVE REMAINING?
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
KENTUCKY HAS FOUR MINUTES.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS
HAS 1 1/4 MINUTES.
I'D LIKE TO YIELD
TWO MINUTES TO THE DISTINGUISHED
GENTLEMAN FROM WISCONSIN, MR.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
WISCONSIN IS RECOGNIZED FOR TWO
GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY
YIELDING.
I COME FROM CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
WISCONSIN WHERE WE HAVE A LARGE
FOREST PRODUCT INDUSTRY.
WE MAKE A LOT OF PAPER IN
WISCONSIN.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THESE RULES,
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON WISCONSIN
PAPER.
REAL JOBS THAT SUPPORT OUR
FAMILIES.
1,400 JOBS.
NEW PAGE, 3,200 JOBS.
WAUSAU PAPER, 1,600 JOBS.
WE LOOK AT THESE REGULATION THAT
IS ARE GOING TO INCREASE THE
STANDARD ON OUR BOILERS.
AND IF YOU INCREASE THOSE
STANDARDS, CAUSING OUR COMPANIES
TO SPEND MILLIONS OF MORE
DOLLARS TO MEET THOSE STANDARDS,
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?
YOU ARE GOING TO SHIFT WISCONSIN
PAPER TO CHINA AND BRAZIL.
WHAT HAPPENS THERE?
THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME
STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE.
IN THE END, WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN IS WE ARE GOING TO
OUTSOURCE WISCONSIN JOBS AND OUR
PAPER'S GOING TO BE MADE WITH
REDUCED STANDARDS.
I THINK IN THE END THOSE WHO
CARE ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENT, WHO
CARE ABOUT STANDARDS TO MAKE
SURE WE HAVE CLEAN WATER AND
CLEAN AIR, IF YOU LOOK OVER TO
CHINA, THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE
SAME STANDARDS.
IN THE END WE BREATHE THE SAME
AIR AND DRINK THE SAME WATER.
SO LET'S MAKE SURE WE HAVE
EFFICIENT STANDARDS THAT CAN
KEEP AMERICAN INDUSTRY AND
WISCONSIN PAPER IN BUSINESS,
DOESN'T SHIFT THESE JOBS
OVERSEAS, BUT ALSO -- MR.
CHAIRMAN, I YIELD BACK.
THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS
BACK.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MASSACHUSETTS.
RESERVES HIS TIME.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY IS
RECOGNIZED.
MR. CHAIRMAN, WE
DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS.
I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT
TO CLOSE.
I WOULD LIKE TO LET THE
GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS GO
AND THEN I'D LIKE TO CLOSE.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MASSACHUSETTS IS RECOGNIZED.
REMAINDER OF OUR TIME.
THE REPUBLICANS HAVE YET TO
BRING A JOB CREATION BILL OUT
HERE ON THE HOUSE FLOOR IN THE
10 MONTHS THEY HAVE CONTROLLED
THE CONGRESS.
INSTEAD, WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS
RESPONDING TO INDUSTRIES WHO DO
NOT WANT TO MAKE THE AIR
CLEANER, WHO DO NOT WANT TO MAKE
THE WATER SAFER FOR THE CHILDREN
OUR COUNTRY TO DRINK AND TO
BREATHE.
AND INSTEAD THEY MAKE THE CASE
THAT MAKING THE ENVIRONMENT
CLEANER KILLS JOBS WHEN WE KNOW
THAT ALL EVIDENCE SAID IT
CREATES MORE JOBS BECAUSE IT
SPURS INNOVATION IN NEW
TECHNOLOGY THAT CREATE JOBS THAT
MAKE OUR ECONOMY STRONGER.
INSTEAD, THEY ARGUE, THAT WHAT
THE COUNTRY NEEDS IS MORE
MERCURY, MORE ARSENIC, MORE CAD
ME YUM -- CADMIUM, MORE MERCURY
POISONING, MORE CARCINOGENS THAT
HARM THE HEALTH OF OUR COUNTRY.
SO NOT ONLY DO THEY NOT HELP THE
HEALTH OF OUR ECONOMY BY
BRINGING OUT A JOBS BILL AND
INSTEAD THEY BRING OUT BILLS
THAT HURT THE HEALTH OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE WHERE THEY LIVE
AND THEIR FAMILIES.
THAT'S WHAT THEIR AGENDA HAS
BEEN ALL ABOUT SINCE THE DAY
THEY TOOK OVER IN JANUARY.
HERE TODAY.
THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME
EXPIRED.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY IS
RECOGNIZED.
IN CLOSING I
WOULD URGE EVERY MEMBER OF THIS
BODY TO SUPPORT 2250.
WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS GENUINELY
A BALANCED APPROACH.
E.P.A. EVEN -- WAS TRYING TO
CONVINCE THE COURT THAT THEIR
RULE WAS A GOOD RULE, THE OLD
RULE.
AND TO JUST GIVE YOU A VERY
CONCRETE EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE
PRACTICAL IMPACTS OF WHAT'S
GOING ON HERE, E.P.A. WENT TO
THE COURT LAST DECEMBER WHEN IT
ASKED FOR TIME TO FIX THE BOILER
MACT RULES WHICH THE COURT
DENIED IT, AND POINTED OUT THAT
THE INVESTMENTS REQUIRED BY
INDUSTRY ARE IRREVERSIBLE.
AN EXAMPLE OF THAT,
REPRESENTATIVES OF NOTRE DAME
UNIVERSITY CAME TO OUR HEARING.
AND IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE
RULES ISSUED IN
2004, WHICH WERE INVALIDATED BY
THE COURT, THE UNIVERSITY OF
NOTRE DAME SPENT $20 MILLION,
AND NOW THEY ARE NOT IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE NEW RULE.
SO THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO
COME FORTH WITH AN ADDITIONAL
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
SO THAT'S NOT HAPPENING ONLY AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME,
THAT'S HAPPENING AT JUST ABOUT
EVERY UNIVERSITY AROUND THE
COUNTRY, HOSPITALS AROUND THE
COUNTRY, SMALL BUSINESSES AROUND
THE COUNTRY, SMALL UTILITYITIES
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
-- UTILITYITIES AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
SO IF WE DON'T TAKE SOME ACTION,
THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT LESS
-- MANY FEWER JOBS IN THE
ECONOMY THAN THERE ARE TODAY.
BECAUSE TESTIMONY AFTER
TESTIMONY AFTER TESTIMONY HAS
INDICATED THAT ENTITIES CANNOT
MEET THESE NEW RULES, ARE GOING
TO HAVE TO CLOSE DOWN AND LOSE
JOBS.
SO ONE WAY WE CAN HELP THE
ADMINISTRATION CREATE JOBS IS TO
PREVENT THE LOSS OF JOBS.
AND IF THIS ADMINISTRATION WOULD
BE -- ASSERT MORE COMMON SENSE
IN THEIR RULES, WE COULD REMOVE
SOME OF THE UNCERTAINTY TO HELP
US CREATE MORE JOBS IN AMERICA.
SO I WOULD URGE EVERY MEMBER TO
SUPPORT 2250.
IT'S A BALANCED APPROACH.
IT PROTECTS HEALTH, PROTECTS
AND PROVIDES A MORE COMMONSENSE
APPROACH TO THIS SIGNIFICANT
PROBLEM.
WITH THAT I YIELD BACK THE
BALANCE OF MY TIME.
ALL TIME FOR GENERAL
DEBATE HAS EXPIRED.
DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY
HAVE A MOTION?
YES.
I MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE DO NOW
RISE.
THE QUESTION IS ON
THE MOTION THAT THE COMMITTEE
RISE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.
THE AYES HAVE IT.
THE MOTION IS ADOPTED.
ACCORDINGLY, THE COMMITTEE
RISES.
MR.
CHAIRMAN.
MR. SPEAKER, THE
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE ON
THE STATE OF THE UNION HAVING
HAD UNDER CONSIDERATION H.R.
2250 DIRECTS ME TO REPORT THAT
IT HAS COME TO NO RESOLUTION
THEREON.
THE
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE
WHOLE HOUSE ON THE STATE OF THE
UNION REPORTS THAT THE COMMITTEE
HAS HAD UNDER CONSIDERATION H.R.
2250, AND HAS COME TO NO
RESOLUTION THEREON.
PURSUANT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 419
AND RULE 18, THE CHAIR DECLARES
THE HOUSE IN THE COMMITTEE OF
THE WHOLE ON THE STATE OF THE
UNION FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION
OF H.R. 2681.
WILL THE GENTLEMAN FROM
CALIFORNIA, MR. DENHAM, KINDLY
TAKE THE CHAIR.
THE HOUSE IS IN THE
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE ON
THE STATE OF THE UNION FOR THE
FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF H.R.
2681 WHICH THE CLERK WILL REPORT
BY TITLE.
A BILL TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL TIME FOR THE
ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
TO ISSUE ACHIEVABLE STANDARDS
FOR CEMENT MANUFACTURING
FACILITIES, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
WHEN THE COMMITTEE OF
THE WHOLE ROSE ON WEDNESDAY,
OCTOBER 5, 2011, A REQUEST FOR
RECORDED VOTE ON AMENDMENT
NUMBER 3 PRINTED IN THE
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD BY THE THE
GENTLEWOMAN FROM MARYLAND, MS.
EDWARDS, HAS BEEN POSTPONED.
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 6 OF RULE 18,
PROCEEDINGS WILL NOW RESUME ON
THOSE AMENDMENTS PRINTED IN THE
FURTHER PROCEEDINGS WERE
POSTPONED IN THE FOLLOWING
ORDER.
AMENDMENT NUMBER 23 BY MR. COHEN
OF TENNESSEE.
AMENDMENT NUMBER 5 BY MR.
KEATING OF MASSACHUSETTS.
AMENDMENT NUMBER 3 BY MS.
EDWARDS OF MARYLAND.
THE CHAIR WILL REDUCE TO TWO
MINUTES THE MINIMUM TIME FOR ANY
ELECTRONIC VOTE AFTER THE FIRST
SERIES.
THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS IS THE
REQUEST FOR RECORDED VOTE ON
AMENDMENT NUMBER 23 PRINTED IN
THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD OFFERED
BY THE GENTLEMAN FROM TENNESSEE,
MR. COHEN, ON WHICH FURTHER
PROCEEDINGS WERE POSTPONED AND
VOICE VOTE.
THE CLERK WILL REDESIGNATE THE
AMENDMENT.
AMENDMENT NUMBER 23,
PRINTED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL
RECORD, OFFERED BY MR. COHEN OF
TENNESSEE.
BEEN REQUESTED.
THOSE IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST
FOR RECORDED VOTE WILL RISE AND
BE COUNTED.
A SUFFICIENT NUMBER HAVING
ORDERED.
MEMBERS WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES
BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE.
THIS WILL BE A 15-MINUTE VOTE.
[CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY THE
NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE,
INC., IN COOPERATION WITH THE
UNITED STATES HOUSE OF
ANY USE OF THE CLOSED-CAPTIONED
COVERAGE OF THE HOUSE
PROCEEDINGS FOR POLITICAL OR
COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IS EXPRESSLY
PROHIBITED BY THE U.S. HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.]
ON THIS VOTE THE YEAS
172.
THE NAYS, 248.
ONE VOTING PRESENT.
THE AMENDMENT IS NOT ADOPTED.
THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS IS THE
REQUEST FOR RECORDED VOTE ON
AMENDMENT NUMBER 5 PRINTED IN
THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD OFFERED
BY THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MASSACHUSETTS, MR. KEATING, ON
WHICH FURTHER PROCEEDINGS WERE
POSTPONED AND ON WHICH THE NOES
PREVAILED BY VOICE VOTE.
THE CLERK WILL REDESIGNATE THE
AMENDMENT.
AMENDMENT NUMBER 5,
PRINTED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL
RECORD, OFFERED BY MR. KEATING
OF MASSACHUSETTS.
A RECORDED VOTE HAS
BEEN REQUESTED.
THOSE IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST
FOR RECORDED VOTE WILL RISE AND
BE COUNTED.
A SUFFICIENT NUMBER HAVING
ORDERED.
MEMBERS WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES
BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE.
THIS IS A TWO-MINUTE VOTE.
[CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY THE
NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE,
INC., IN COOPERATION WITH THE
UNITED STATES HOUSE OF
ANY USE OF THE CLOSED-CAPTIONED
COVERAGE OF THE HOUSE
PROCEEDINGS FOR POLITICAL OR
COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IS EXPRESSLY
PROHIBITED BY THE U.S. HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.]
ON THIS VOTE THE YEAS
ARE 162 AND THE NAYS ARE 257.
THE AMENDMENT IS NOT ADOPTED.
THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS IS THE
REQUEST FOR A RECORDED VOTE ON A
RECORDED VOTE ON AMENDMENT
NUMBER 3 PRINTED IN THE
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD OFFERED BY
THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM MARYLAND,
MS. EDWARDS, ON WHICH FURTHER
PROCEEDINGS WERE POSTPONED, ON
WHICH THE NOES PREVAILED BY A
VOICE VOTE.
THE CLERK WILL REDESS --
REDESIGNATE THE AMENDMENT.
AMENDMENT NUMBER 3
PRINTED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL
RECORD OFFERED BY MS. EDWARDS OF
A RECORDED VOTE HAS
BEEN REQUESTED.
THOSE IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST
FOR A RECORDED VOTE WILL RISE
AND BE COUNTED.
A SUFFICIENT NUMBER HAVING
ARISEN, A RECORDED VOTE IS
ORDERED.
MEMBERS WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES
THIS IS A TWO-MINUTE VOTE.
[CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY THE
NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE,
INC., IN COOPERATION WITH THE
UNITED STATES HOUSE OF
ANY USE OF THE CLOSED-CAPTIONED
COVERAGE OF THE HOUSE
PROCEEDINGS FOR POLITICAL OR
COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IS EXPRESSLY
PROHIBITED BY THE U.S. HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.]
ON THIS VOTE THE YEAS
ARE 165, THE NAYS ARE 258.
THE AMENDMENT IS NOT ADOPTED.