Ed Whitfield: “I want to point out, once again, that we are here because Congress wants to make the decision that the EPA should set up…”

“I want to point out, once again, that we are here because Congress wants to make the decision that the EPA should set up subcategories in this particular instance. Both the Clean Air Act and the EPA regulations promulgated under it, on a routine basis, divide regulated entities into separate categories, but the EPA was unwilling to do it in this case primarily because coal was involved. It is no secret that when the President was running, in an editorial interview in San Francisco, he made the comment publicly that he would bankrupt the coal industry; and that actually is happening. Mr. Chairman, I yield an additional 3 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Rothfus), the author of this bill.”