Steve Daines: “Thank you, Mr. President. This administration is shutting down coal-fired powerplants in the United States. I thank the…”

“Thank you, Mr. President. This administration is shutting down coal-fired powerplants in the United States. I thank the Senator from West Virginia, Mrs. Capito, the other Senator from West Virginia, Mr. Manchin, and we have Senator Heitkamp here. We had Democrats and Republicans in colloquy talking about what is going on with coal-fired plants and the Clean Power Plan of this administration. This is what is happening. It is killing good-paying jobs for union workers, for pipefitters, for boilermakers, and tribal members in my State with these so-called Clean Power Plan regulations. At the same time, it is stifling investment that could lead to innovation to make coal cleaner in the United States. As I travel across Montana, I have heard Montanans describe the EPA as--a rancher once told me it stands for ``Eliminate Production Agriculture.'' A union member recently told me it stands for the ``Employment Prevention Agency.'' President Obama and his ``Employment Prevention Agency'' continues to wage war on American energy, American families, and on American jobs. This so-called Clean Power Plan is an all-out frontal assault on affordable energy and good-paying union jobs as well as tribal jobs. This will leave President Obama directly responsible for skyrocketing energy bills, a loss of tax revenue for our schools, teachers and our roads and the unemployment of thousands of hard-working Americans.…”