Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, H.R. 4775, as I said, requires the EPA to develop two studies and reports to submit to Congress. I talked about that in my closing statement. My amendment is relating to those studies. The first is a study of the impacts of foreign emissions on the ability of States in America to meet new ozone standards. The second study relates to ozone formation and the effective control strategies for that. These studies will assist EPA and State regulators in better understanding background ozone and implementing ozone standards. In its estimate for H.R. 4775--as you know, we must always consider cost--the Congressional Budget Office estimated a cost of $2 million associated with the development of these studies. My amendment would clarify that no additional funds are authorized by this legislation. Developing the studies required by this bill is part of EPA's job and can be covered by the Agency's existing budget. I might point out that the President's clean energy plan, which was implemented by EPA, never passed the House of Representatives, never passed the U.S. Senate, and was never even considered by the United States Congress. Yet, EPA issued that clean energy plan without any additional appropriations. I can tell you, it cost millions of dollars to do it. This small amount to come up to reprogram funding within EPA to require these studies I do not believe is much of a burden on EPA. EPA's budget for regulatory activity is over $2 billion annually.…”