On the recordDecember 1, 2015
I thank the chairman. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to encourage Members to support these resolutions. In 1996, Congress passed and the President signed into law an important tool for ensuring our three branches of government stay true to the vision of our Founding Fathers that was set over 200 years ago. Today, we are here to use this tool to rein in a President who has forgotten that the legislative branch makes the laws and that the executive branch enforces them. The final rules regarding emissions from new and existing power plants are a clear executive overreach. In issuing these rules, the EPA has acted outside the authority it was granted by Congress in the Clean Air Act. Electricity generation has always been the responsibility of States, but with these rules the President is threatening communities, businesses, and families by attempting to put the Federal Government in charge. These rules are unworkable, and they put the reliability of our electric grid at risk. I ask my colleagues to seriously consider the consequences of allowing such clear executive overreach to stand, and I urge them to support this resolution of disapproval.
