Edward Livingston said "The bottomline is simple: The scant environmental benefits to be gained from these flawed programs fall way short of the costs involved in implementing them. By preventing EPA from enforcing these requirements through the end of the fiscal year, we are giving the authorizing committee time to reopen the Clean Air Act. Changes must be made to reflect the expensive failures all of our constituents have encountered in dealing with these programs. Likewise, we must give States the option to choose the methods that work best for them to address their pollution problems. EPA has backed off the trip reduction requirement. They acknowledge its ineffectiveness and say they will not enforce it." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 15, 1995

The bottomline is simple: The scant environmental benefits to be gained from these flawed programs fall way short of the costs involved in implementing them. By preventing EPA from enforcing these requirements through the end of the fiscal year, we are giving the authorizing committee time to reopen the Clean Air Act. Changes must be made to reflect the expensive failures all of our constituents have encountered in dealing with these programs. Likewise, we must give States the option to choose the methods that work best for them to address their pollution problems. EPA has backed off the trip reduction requirement. They acknowledge its ineffectiveness and say they will not enforce it.

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Edward Livingston

Louisiana

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing provisions in H.R. 1159 related to environmental regulations and the Clean Air Act.

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