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Scott Perry
@scottperry· Republican · PA· Nov 6, 2023

I understand that it received guidance. It doesn't matter to me if it the received guidance. As a matter of fact, it seems to me based on the examples I gave you that the guidance is flawed, which is why I voted against this when we…

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Scott Perry
@scottperry· Republican · PA· Nov 6, 2023

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 60, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $392,204,000)''. Page 203, line 2, after…

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Scott Perry
@scottperry· Republican · PA· Nov 2, 2023

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

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Scott Perry
@scottperry· Republican · PA· Nov 2, 2023

This amendment prohibits the EPA from using funds for actions pursuant to section 115 of the Clean Air Act. Section 115 of the Clean Air Act allows the EPA to mandate State emissions levels to whatever level the agency deems appropriate if…

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Scott Perry
@scottperry· Republican · PA· Nov 2, 2023

I remind the gentlewoman and everybody that Pennsylvania and the other States are not ignoring the requirements. As I said, while they were working together without Federal involvement, without the coercive activity of the EPA, water…

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Scott Perry
@scottperry· Republican · PA· Nov 2, 2023

This amendment prohibits the use of funds to take retaliatory actions against States that fall short of their EPA- mandated pollutant reduction goals. Importantly, this amendment would not prevent the EPA from working with States to…

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Scott Perry
@scottperry· Republican · PA· Nov 2, 2023

This amendment strikes $186.3 million in funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities. I will say, yet again, since people in Washington don't seem to care, we are over $33 trillion in debt. We are going to add another $3 trillion…

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Scott Perry
@scottperry· Republican · PA· Nov 2, 2023

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 129, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $186,300,000)''. Page 193, line 4, after…

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Scott Perry
@scottperry· Republican · PA· Nov 2, 2023

Let's talk about some other projects. I know the good gentleman from Idaho talked about we are reducing spending, we continue to reduce spending, and we try to do that. Mr. Chairman, we are going broke saving money around this town. We…

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Scott Perry
@scottperry· Republican · PA· Nov 2, 2023

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania will be postponed. Amendment No. 61 Offered by Mr. Perry The Acting CHAIR. It…

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Scott Perry
@scottperry· Republican · PA· Nov 2, 2023

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 193, after line 2, insert the following: Sec. 493. None of the funds made available by this Act may be…

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Scott Perry
@scottperry· Republican · PA· Nov 2, 2023

My amendment strikes $186.3 million in funding for the National Endowment for the Arts. According to its website, the NEA is the largest funder of the arts and arts education in communities nationwide. Now, this is all well and good. I am…

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Scott Perry
@scottperry· Republican · PA· Nov 2, 2023

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 129, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $186,300,000)''. Page 193, line 4, after…

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Scott Perry
@scottperry· Republican · PA· Nov 2, 2023

This goes exactly to the Paris climate accord. When section 115 was written, along with the rest of the Clean Air Act, that Paris climate accord did not exist. It is not a treaty. We haven't signed it, yet we are bound to it as long as the…

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Scott Perry
@scottperry· Republican · PA· Nov 2, 2023

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 21, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $28,000,000)''. Page 21, line 13, after the…

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Scott Perry
@scottperry· Republican · PA· Nov 2, 2023

Ineffective, unreliable, and dangerous. That is what we are here to talk about on this amendment. This amendment strikes the $28 million in this bill to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management renewable energy program that promotes the…

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Scott Perry
@scottperry· Republican · PA· Nov 2, 2023

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania will be postponed. Amendment No. 62 Offered by Mr. Rouzer The Acting CHAIR. It…

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Scott Perry
@scottperry· Republican · PA· Nov 2, 2023

While I like the last amendment, I have got another good one. This amendment strikes all funding, $3.75 million, for the Council on Environmental Quality. The Council on Environmental Quality was created by the National Environmental…

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