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Ted Poe: It prohibits the EPA from overreaching and from expanding its authority that Congress, in my opinion, has not given it…

On the recordFebruary 17, 2011
It prohibits the EPA from overreaching and from expanding its authority that Congress, in my opinion, has not given it to do. CO<INF>2</INF>. We all breathe CO<INF>2</INF>. Climate changes, but there is no evidence at all that it is manmade CO<INF>2</INF> that causes the climate to change. The climate has been changing, well, for thousands and thousands of years. I urge my fellow Members of this House to support this amendment to rein in the oppressiveness of the EPA. States like Texas already regulate the air through their State regulatory processes, so I ask that all Members support amendment No. 466.
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Ted Poe
Republican · Texas
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Feb 17, 2011

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The speaker is addressing an amendment related to EPA authority over CO2 regulation.

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