On the recordMarch 15, 2016
I would just respond to the gentlewoman from Texas. She mentioned the word ``burdensome.'' What is really burdensome is the way that these rules are being applied. When the EPA had a chance to do a customized approach, they chose not to. Why is it burdensome? It is burdensome because there are plants that will not be able to comply, which means the environmental progress that we have seen will stop, which means that their jobs will be lost. I do note that there is bipartisan support for this initiative. Both Senators Casey and Toomey, on the other side of this Capitol, from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania--one a Republican, one a Democrat-- recognize the practicality of this approach. They recognize that the legislation makes sense. For that reason, Mr. Chairman, I urge a ``no'' vote on the amendment.
