Sam Brownback: “I was here when the Congressional Review Act was put into place for the very purpose it is being used for, which is when…”

“I was here when the Congressional Review Act was put into place for the very purpose it is being used for, which is when we have a Federal agency that overreaches and seeks to put in place a regulation that will cost tens of billions of dollars, without any legislative action taking place, the Congress should step in. That is what the Congress is seeking to do with this--step in on something that has enormous economic consequences, enormous costs across society, and yet has not been voted on by this legislative body. Clearly, if we are going to do something of this nature, it should pass the Senate. It should come up in front of this body. Toward that end, I tell my colleagues we have a bipartisan energy bill that passed through the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, the American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, which Chairman Bingaman worked through his committee over a month's period of time, that has a number of issues regarding renewable energy, regarding nuclear technology, to reduce CO2 emissions.”