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Ed Whitfield: “Simply stated, if the EPA wants to upend the world's greatest power system by forcing a round peg into the square hole…”

On the recordMarch 16, 2015
Simply stated, if the EPA wants to upend the world's greatest power system by forcing a round peg into the square hole that is Section 111(d), it should have the prudence to allow the final rule to be reviewed by the courts before requiring states to undertake such a profound effort.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Whitfield criticizes the EPA for rushing regulatory changes without judicial review.

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