Ed Whitfield
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Ed Whitfield is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, who served Kentucky's 1st congressional district from 1995 to 2017. During his tenure, he was known for his work on energy and commerce issues, particularly in relation to the energy sector and healthcare. Whitfield played a significant role in various legislative efforts, including those aimed at reforming the Affordable Care Act and addressing energy policy in the United States. He was also involved in initiatives related to veterans' affairs and agriculture, reflecting the interests of his constituents in rural Kentucky.
We did not complete that hearing so today we are going to hear three governmental perspectives.
These proposed regulations if adopted, in my view, will definitely penalize America and make it more difficult for us to compete in the global marketplace.
they never look at the cost to the communities where the jobs are being lost.
When they first came out with utility MACT or finalized that rule, they said that less than 5,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity would be retired and so far over 25,000 megawatts has been retired.
It is my understanding, we talked about carbon capture and sequestration, there is no commercially viable carbon capture and sequestration that you could use to meet this standard, if you are a coal plant.
I do not know how you can walk away with any other conclusion except that EPA wants to put the coal business out of business.
And if they do make this apply to existing plants; today, you would not be able to meet it.
Actually that is true. As a matter of fact, when they had a conference between the Senate and the House, when the Clean Air Act was last amended in 1990, one of the members, I was told, introduced an amendment to allow greenhouse gases to…





