burdensome and unreasonable regulations that are hurting the American economy and hurting American jobs.
Howard Griffith
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Howard Morgan Griffith is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Virginia's 9th congressional district since January 5, 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Griffith has focused on issues such as healthcare, energy, and economic development during his time in office. He has been an advocate for rural communities and has worked on legislation aimed at supporting local economies in Virginia. Griffith previously served in the Virginia House of Delegates before his election to Congress.
Am I interpreting you correctly that while a mining company might have had the right to extract coal, there is nothing in that original permit that allows somebody to put carbon back into the ground?
It was not the members of Congress who made that decision, 250 tons was the law that they wrote.
In reality, the Clean Air Act calls for that 250 ton standard and they have unilaterally on their own changed the law.
What sometimes is forgotten is that if we make our energy costs so high by unreasonable regulations, that a company has to send their jobs--either they close down and somebody else in another country starts producing that product, or they…
when we have new regulations, no matter how well intentioned and how much they might save somebody money, when you add $1,000 more to the cost of a car by 2016 and a total by $3,000 more by 2025, you are basically saying that a lot of…
my people back home tell me that in the cold winter, the program runs out of money about mid February, and people are cold.
I would submit that what the EPA is now trying to do to these gentlemen trying to produce jobs is just as ridiculous
there is a bumper sticker out there that says if you think coal is ugly, wait until you see poverty.





