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John Bel Edwards: “I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is…”

On the recordOctober 11, 2011
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: After section 1, insert the following section (and redesignate subsequent sections, and conform internal cross- references, accordingly): SEC. 2. FINDING. The Congress finds that, according to the Environmental Protection Agency's analysis of the impacts of the final rules specified in section 3(b)(1) and section (3)(b)(2) on employment, based on peer-reviewed literature, such rules would create 2,200 net additional jobs, not including the jobs created to manufacture and install equipment to reduce air pollution. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Maryland is recognized for 5 minutes.
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John Bel Edwards
Democratic · Louisiana
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Oct 11, 2011

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